In Glasgow, Hannah presented our Cucurbitaceae resarch at EURO EVO DEVO 2026.
Who stole the blue flowers? Cucurbitaceae lack the genes required for anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis. This is quite unusual, as these genes are conserved in most flowering plants. Check out the full story in our recent preprint "Out of the blue: Family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae".
https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#evodevo2026
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