Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China’s Song dynasty
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- 10.1073/pnas.2610284123
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- 2026-09-04
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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- National Academy of Sciences
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.2610284123,
title = {Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China’s Song dynasty},
author = {Nathanael Walker-Hale and Yunfei Zheng and Marion Verdenaud and Lara Pereira and Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar and Michaela Preick and Abdelhafid Bendahmane and Michael V. Westbury and Michael Hofreiter and Hanno Schaefer and Xinyi Liu and Guillaume Chomicki and Susanne S. Renner},
year = {2026},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.2610284123},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2610284123}
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TY - JOUR TI - Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China’s Song dynasty AU - Nathanael Walker-Hale AU - Yunfei Zheng AU - Marion Verdenaud AU - Lara Pereira AU - Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar AU - Michaela Preick AU - Abdelhafid Bendahmane AU - Michael V. Westbury AU - Michael Hofreiter AU - Hanno Schaefer AU - Xinyi Liu AU - Guillaume Chomicki AU - Susanne S. Renner PY - 2026 JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DO - 10.1073/pnas.2610284123 UR - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2610284123 ER -
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Walker-Hale, N., Zheng, Y., Verdenaud, M., Pereira, L., Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Preick, M., Bendahmane, A., Westbury, M. V., Hofreiter, M., Schaefer, H., Liu, X., Chomicki, G., & Renner, S. S. (2026). Ancient DNA reveals early use of melons in China’s Song dynasty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2610284123
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