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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:
@markwyner@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp last week

Turns out tomato sex is the reason we have one of life’s greatest foods: the modern potato. They’re hybrids of tomatoes and a non-tuberous potato ancestor called Solanum Etuberosum.

Thank you, horny little tomatoes.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-potato-may-have-evolved-from-a-tomato-ancestor-nine-million-years-ago-genetic-study-suggests-180987091/

Hat tip: @peteorrall

#Botany #Nature #Biology #Science #Tomatoes #Potatoes

Images of two species of potatoes. The first is Solanum Etuberosum, noted as being non-tuber-bearing. The second is Solanum Tuberosum, noted as being tuber-bearing.
Images of two species of potatoes. The first is Solanum Etuberosum, noted as being non-tuber-bearing. The second is Solanum Tuberosum, noted as being tuber-bearing.
Images of two species of potatoes. The first is Solanum Etuberosum, noted as being non-tuber-bearing. The second is Solanum Tuberosum, noted as being tuber-bearing.
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Cheshire Lunar Kitten
@Chesi@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@markwyner @peteorrall shouldnt this be flagged for mature content?

I mean... tomato sex?

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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:
@markwyner@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@Chesi

😂

@peteorrall

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lopta
@lopta@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@markwyner @peteorrall I am in favour of potatoes. 🥔

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Jumile
@jumile@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@markwyner TIL. All I knew is that they were both part of the Deadly Nightshade family, but this is interesting.

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