date:Aug 13, 2019
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While the Hass avocado was long thought to be a hybrid, the details of its provenance 61 percent Mexican, 39 percent Guatemalan were not previously known. The scientists new map of the Hass avocado genome reveals huge chunks of contiguous DNA from each parental type, reflecting the cultivars recent origin.
Immediately after hybridization, you get these giant blocks of DNA from the parent plants, Herrera-Estrella says. These blocks break up over many generations as you