Surprise in the plant family: The potato is the daughter of the tomato english.elpais.com 10 points by t-3 a day ago
qwerty2000 21 hours ago How is this a surprise? Potatoes produce fruit that looks like a tomato. gus_massa 20 hours ago I wasn't surprised initially because it's well known they are related, but IIUC the interesting part is that the last hybridization is more recent than expected. dekhn 18 hours ago Because in nature, one thing looking like another is not necessarily an example of shared ancestry.
gus_massa 20 hours ago I wasn't surprised initially because it's well known they are related, but IIUC the interesting part is that the last hybridization is more recent than expected.
dekhn 18 hours ago Because in nature, one thing looking like another is not necessarily an example of shared ancestry.
How is this a surprise? Potatoes produce fruit that looks like a tomato.
I wasn't surprised initially because it's well known they are related, but IIUC the interesting part is that the last hybridization is more recent than expected.
Because in nature, one thing looking like another is not necessarily an example of shared ancestry.