Citrullus lanatus Genome sequencing. Citrullus lanatus

Diversification after domestication has led cultivated watermelons to exhibit diverse fruit flesh colors including red, yellow, and orange. Recently, there has been an increased interest in red fleshed watermelons due to the presence of the antioxidant cis-isomeric lycopene. The present study aims to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) related to high lycopene content in inbred lines using whole genome re-sequencing (WGRS) of different flesh colored watermelon inbred lines.