Scientists Surprised As Tomatoes “De-Evolve” within the Galapagos

New analysis uncovers reversal of evolution in island crops. On the youthful, volcanic islands of the Galápagos, wild tomato crops are exhibiting an uncommon habits. They look like discarding tens of millions of years of evolutionary adjustments and reverting to a extra ancestral genetic kind, one which reactivates long-dormant chemical defenses. These tomatoes, descended from South […]