Using DNA, Scientists Hunt For The Roots Of The Modern Potato

Science Daily ^ | 2-4-2008 | University of Wisconsin-Madison.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

Posted earlier.

Modern Potato Had Roots in Peru

[VRWCmember]

I thought the potato WAS the root.

[domenad]

Wow, so I guess now that they’ve got cancer and AIDS cured, this is the next logical step for researchers.

[nhoward14]

potatoE! hehehe

[JoanVarga]

Look no further!

heh.

-Joan

[mmichaels1970]

[Dixie Yooper]

Using DNA, Scientists Hunt For The Roots Of The Modern Potato

Just a suggestion, use a spade, or a digging fork works even better.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Solved.

[billorites]

Who's your Daddy?

[VOA]

bump

[Disturbin]

What is the root of the problem?

[CarrotAndStick]

There was a place where research was dictated by the government. They used to call it the Soviet Union.

[SunkenCiv]

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[domenad]

Given that there are people who spend years analyzing the structure of the Starship Enterprise’s warp drives, translate the Bible into Klingon, and create an elven language and alphabet from Lord of the Rings excerpts, I suppose I can’t be surprised. Still, science is so chock full of amazing subjects that I wonder at the mindset of a guy researching a potato.

[null and void]

Wow, so I guess now that they’ve got cancer and AIDS cured, this is the next logical step for researchers.

Given that a larger portion of the population dies in a famine than dies of AIDS and cancer combined in the good times, I'd hazard that knowing the cultivars is a good idea...

[null and void]

BTW, may I ask what you do for a living?

[CarrotAndStick]

Many times useful inventions and discoveries have been made by unintended research. I wanted to point that out, earlier.

[Hegemony Cricket]

"Just a suggestion, use a spade, or a digging fork works even better."

Good suggestion, but unfortunately the guy's name is Spooner...

[null and void]

Then he could use a dade or spigging fork...