Home
Storia in 4 fonti
How did the tomato create the potato? Chinese team traces tuber’s hybrid past
Researchers conduct ‘DNA paternity test’ on potato varieties in ‘pioneering’ study that sheds light on ancient origins of the staple crop.
- ·
theguardian.com
‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find
Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to ‘spark the emergence of a new organ’
- ·
nytimes.com
What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato
An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.
- ·
scmp.com
How did the tomato create the potato? Chinese team traces tuber’s hybrid past
Researchers conduct ‘DNA paternity test’ on potato varieties in ‘pioneering’ study that sheds light on ancient origins of the staple crop.
- ·
wired.com
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato.