The Plant Journal (2014) 77, 16–30 doi: 10.1111/tpj.12355 Next-generation sequencing, FISH mapping and synteny- based modeling reveal mechanisms of decreasing dysploidy in Cucumis Luming Yang1,†, Dal-Hoe Koo1,†, Dawei Li1,2, Tao Zhang1, Jiming Jiang1, Feishi Luan3, Susanne S. Renner4, Elizabeth Henaff 5, Walter Sanseverino6, Jordi Garcia-Mas6, Josep Casacuberta5, Douglas A. Senalik1,7, Philipp W. Simon1,7, Jinfeng Chen8 and Yiqun Weng1,7,* 1Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA, 2Horticulture College, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China, 3Horticulture College, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China, 4Department of Biology, University of Munich, 80638 Munich, Germany, 5Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientı´ficas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnolo- gia Agroalimenta` ries-Universitat Auto` noma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain, 6Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimenta` ries, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics Consejo Superior de Inves- tigaciones Cientı´ficas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimenta` ries-Universitat Auto` noma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain, 7US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA, and 8College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Received 27 July 2013; revised 7 October 2013; accepted 10 October 2013; published online 15 October 2013. *For correspondence (e-mail
[email protected]). †These authors contributed equally to this work. SUMMARY In the large Cucurbitaceae genus Cucumis, cucumber (C. sativus) is the only species with 2n = 2x = 14 chro- mosomes. The majority of the remaining species, including melon (C.