Plant geneticists say they have discovered an answer to a near universal question: Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless?
View the original article here: Mutation That Makes Tomatoes Bland Identified as Gene Deliberately Bred for … – The Ledger
Mutation that makes tomatoes bland identified as gene deliberately bred for color
Gina Kolata | Ledger | July 2, 2012
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