Submission + - Modern-day potato originated from hybridization event with tomatoes 9 million ye (phys.org)

Submitted by alternative_right on Thursday July 31, 2025 @11:45AM

alternative_right writes: An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato plants and potato-like species from South America about 9 million years ago gave rise to the modern-day potato.

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Submission + - Modern-day potato originated from hybridization event with tomatoes 9 million ye (phys.org)

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