Call of the squash

From: The Scientist | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Last fall, Thomas Andres was wandering around New York City's Chinatown when he happened upon the subject of his doctoral dissertation: the lacayote, Cucurbitaficifolia, a South American squash rarely sold in the United States. He was happy to shell out $6 for the mottled green gourd. Twentyfive years ago, he had dreamed of discovering its wild ancestor on some scrubby hillside in Mexico. Because centuries of inbreeding have reduced the genetic diversity of many domesticated crops, finding their natural populations could help scientists identify beneficial genes which could eventually improve ...

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