Hybrid genome spawns tuber development and potato diversity.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In this issue of Cell, Huang and colleagues reveal how ancient hybridization between ancestors of tomato and a related wild species, Solanum etuberosum, enabled the origin of tuber formation and the diversification of potato species. Their genomic analyses highlight how interactions between genes derived from distinct progenitors can drive development of novel traits in hybrids.
Medical subject headings
- Solanum tuberosum
- Genome, Plant
- Plant Tubers
- Hybridization, Genetic