Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China's Song dynasty.
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- 10.1073/pnas.2610284123
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- 2026 Sep 8
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.2610284123,
title = {Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China's Song dynasty.},
author = {Walker-Hale N and Zheng Y and Verdenaud M and Pereira L and Pérez-Escobar OA and Preick M and Bendahmane A and Westbury MV and Hofreiter M and Schaefer H and Liu X and Chomicki G and Renner SS},
year = {2026},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.2610284123},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2610284123}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China's Song dynasty. AU - Walker-Hale N AU - Zheng Y AU - Verdenaud M AU - Pereira L AU - Pérez-Escobar OA AU - Preick M AU - Bendahmane A AU - Westbury MV AU - Hofreiter M AU - Schaefer H AU - Liu X AU - Chomicki G AU - Renner SS PY - 2026 JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America DO - 10.1073/pnas.2610284123 UR - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2610284123 ER -
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N, W., Y, Z., M, V., L, P., OA, P., M, P., A, B., MV, W., M, H., H, S., X, L., G, C., & SS, R. (2026). Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China's Song dynasty.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2610284123
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- pubmed · retrieved 2026-09-25T14:10:48.506Z
- europe-pmc · retrieved 2026-09-25T14:10:48.501Z