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.

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Mystery of the potato's origins solved by genetics Around 8 million years ago, an ancestor of modern tomatoes in South America hydridised with a plant called Etuberosum, and this reshuffling of genes gave rise to the potato

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How the Potato Got Its Start Nine Million Years Ago—Thanks to a Tomato About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the modern-day cultivated potato

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