Harry S. Paris

The paper constructs a graph-based pangenome of Cucurbita pepo to study adaptive evolution, identifying structural variants and showing parallel domestication and environmental adaptation.

The paper identifies the molecular identities of B and L-2 genes in squash and reveals their synergistic epistatic interaction enhances carotenoid accumulation by upregulating the rate-limiting enzyme CpPSY-A.

This study identifies a recessive mutation in a TCP gene that causes multiple-flowering in summer squash, enhancing yield through increased flower production per leaf axil.