Grape Day shows San Joaquin Valley growers ‘what works in our area, for our crops’

UC ANR - Grape Day at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center – a time-honored learning event dating to the late 1960s – was convened again on Aug. 12 for wine, table and raisin grape growers to hear about the latest field trials and innovations. “The primary purpose of Grape Day is to showcase...
By Michael Hsu | UC ANR |

Scientists find a surprising case of 'reverse evolution' in wild tomatoes

EARTH.COM - Wild tomatoes rooted on the raw lava of Fernandina and Isabela Islands have done something biologists once filed under “nearly impossible,” reviving a molecular defense that disappeared from their relatives millions of years ago during species evolution. The phenomenon has been traced to a tiny tweak in the plants’ chemistry, and it now...
By Adrian Villellas | Earth.com |

Scientists discover Galápagos tomatoes evolving backwards, bringing back ancient traits lost millions of years

DAILY GALAXY - In an unexpected discovery, researchers have found that wild tomatoes in the Galápagos Islands seem to be evolving in reverse. This fascinating phenomenon, previously thought to be rare, suggests that evolution isn’t always a straightforward process. The finding, which challenges conventional wisdom, could lead to exciting breakthroughs in genetic research. Tomatoes Turning...
By Arezki Amiri | Daily Galaxy |

Something strange is happening to tomatoes growing on the Galápagos Islands

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE - Some tomatoes growing on the Galápagos Islands appear to be going back in time by producing the same toxins their ancestors did millions of years ago. Scientists describe this development—a controversial process known as “reverse evolution”—in a June 18 paper published in the journal Nature Communications. Tomatoes are nightshades, a group of...
By Sarah Kuta | Smithsonian Magazine |

These wild tomatoes are reversing millions of years of evolution

ZME SCIENCE - On the Galápagos Islands, wild tomatoes are producing molecules not seen since the Ice Age, reversing a genetic trajectory millions of years in the making. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of California, Riverside and the Weizmann Institute of Science have documented a rare and striking example...
By Tudor Tarita | ZME Science |

Some tomatoes are evolving backwards in real time, scientists find

POPULAR MECHANICS - The famous ape-to-man illustration, known as The March of Progress, depicts evolution as a one-way street toward evolutionary perfection—but nature isn’t always so simple. Many organisms have displayed what appears to be “reverse evolution,” or regression, where ancient attributes of past ancestors seem to reappear down the evolutionary line. Cave fish, for...
By Darren Orf | Popular Mechanics |

Retro tomatoes: a species of the plant is evolving backward

THE WEEK - Some tomatoes have evolved to possess the characteristics of their ancestors. While it is rare, there have been instances of species displaying traits from further back in evolution. But for the first time, scientists have now been able to prove it through genetic evidence. And there's potential for similar evolutionary changes in...
By Devika Rao, The Week US |

These plants might actually be de-evolving

BGR - We know that the world and its various inhabitants, from plants to animals, are still evolving. In fact, some even believe that humans are actively evolving in different parts of the world right now. But a group of plants found in the Galápagos archipelago might be doing the opposite and de-evolving. Researchers argue...
By Joshua Hawkins | BGR |

Reverse evolution? These wild tomatoes are turning back time

EARTH.COM - Evolution is taking an unexpected turn on the volcanic islands of the western Galápagos. Wild tomato plants are producing a toxic blend of chemicals that hasn’t existed in their species for millions of years. Somehow, these plants have started making molecules more like eggplants than the modern tomato. This bizarre twist in evolution...
By Rodielon Putol | Earth.com |

Meet the tomatoes that are evolving backwards – with a toxic twist

NEW ATLAS - The evolutionary ladder is meant to be climbed one rung at a time with an organism shedding some traits and gaining others on the way up. However, in a very surprising twist, some tomatoes on the Galapagos islands are inching back down the ladder. When they found the backwards-reaching plants, researchers from...
By Michael Franco | New Atlas |
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