DNA time stamps reveal the strawberry’s surprising origins

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Jun 19, 2026, 1:27 am229 ptsTop
Researchers have created a new way to reconstruct the evolutionary history of complex plant genomes by analyzing genetic traces left by transposable elements. The technique revealed that modern strawberries were assembled through multiple ancient genome-merging events, shedding new light on how major crop…

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