A chance encounter between a wild tomato and a potato-like plant 9 million years ago is why we have modern-day potatoes, ...

What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of ...

New research traces the genetic ancestry of the popular root vegetable to a brief plant romance millions of years ago.

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the modern-day cultivated potato ...

The starchy vegetable emerged 9 million years ago in the forming Andes mountains — a result of natural interbreeding between an ancient tomato plant and potato-like species that lacked the engorged ...

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The modern-day potato evolved from the hybridization of the ancestors of tomato plants, and another potato-like plant, in South America, researchers say.

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