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HD-Zip Transcription Factor is Responsible for No-Lobed Leaf in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.)

Shixiang Duan^1,#, Yaomiao Guo^1,#, Yinping Wang¹, Muhammad Jawad Umer², Dongming Liu¹, Sen Yang¹, Huanhuan Niu¹, Shouru Sun¹, Luming Yang¹, Junling Dou^1,*, Huayu Zhu^1,*

1 College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
2 Cotton Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, 455000, China

* Corresponding Authors: Junling Dou. Email: ; Huayu Zhu. Email:
# These authors contributed equally to this work