The origin of potatoes has puzzled scientists for years, but researchers now say they've found an unlikely ancestor: tomatoes ...

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato plants and potato-like ...

An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato plants and potato-like ...

By Mongabay.com Domestic cats are hugely popular as pets, yet little is known about their ancestor, the Afro-Asiatic wildcat.

The potato came from a chance natural interbreeding event between the ancestors of today’s tomatoes and those of a closely related group called Etuberosum.

Unintended interbreeding between hatchery-bred and wild-born pink salmon could reduce resiliency of fish stocks. Unintended interbreeding between hatchery-bred and wild-born pink salmon could ...

She also found that 3% of the DNA of these early humans, arrayed in fairly long stretches, came from Neanderthals — the result of that earlier interbreeding, and pointing to more recent ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the ...