Cucurbita argyrosperma
Cucar Cucurbitaceae

Cucurbita argyrosperma

Cucurbitaceae Family
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom Plantae Family Cucurbitaceae
PlantGIR · v1.0
Genome & Ploidy
Polyploidy History (PhyloWGD)
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Species Notes
Description
Cucurbita argyrosperma, commonly known as cushaw, kershaw, or silver-seed gourd, is a species of squash grown most frequently in North and Central America, and believed to originate from southern Mexico. This annual herbaceous plant is cultivated for its nutritional value: its flowers, shoots, and fruits are all harvested, but it is cultivated commonly in its native range for seeds.
Data source
sync_pangenome_to_db.py
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Image credit
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Protein sequences
FASTA (.pep) — amino acid sequences for all annotated genes
Gene coordinates
BED format — chromosomal positions for MCScanX input
Coding sequences
FASTA (.cds) — nucleotide CDS for Ka/Ks analysis
Gene type annotations
TSV — gene duplication classifications
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Analysis Tools
Synteny & Collinearity
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Evolutionary Analysis
Ks / Riparian
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