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American Council on Science and Health19 小时

Tuber or Not Tuber: Surprising Parents of the Potato

What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of ...
ZME Science on MSN1 天

Potatoes were created by a plant “love affair” between tomatoes and a wild cousin

The potato, it turns out, is not a “purebreed.” It’s the result of an ancient and accidental hybridization that occurred ...
Indian Defence Review on MSN4 天

World’s Rarest Elephant: What Happened to Motty, the Hybrid of Two Continents?

Motty, the world’s rarest elephant hybrid, captured global attention with a unique genetic makeup.
Science News1 天

Potatoes have their roots in ancient tomatoes

The starchy vegetable emerged 9 million years ago in the forming Andes mountains — a result of natural interbreeding between an ancient tomato plant and potato-like species that lacked the engorged ...