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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 22 days ago

Tomatoes in the Galápagos are quietly de-evolving

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Tomatoes in the Galápagos are quietly de-evolving

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 22 days ago
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On the younger, black-rock islands of the Galápagos archipelago, wild-growing tomatoes are doing something peculiar. They're shedding millions of years of evolution, reverting to a more primitive genetic state that resurrects ancient chemical defenses.

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    I was curious after how it tastes, but alas.

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