Surprise in the plant family: The potato is the daughter of the tomato

10 t-3 3 7/31/2025, 10:59:07 PM english.elpais.com ↗

Comments (3)

qwerty2000 · 11h ago
How is this a surprise? Potatoes produce fruit that looks like a tomato.
gus_massa · 9h 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 · 7h ago
Because in nature, one thing looking like another is not necessarily an example of shared ancestry.