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 D3626-1: Hands holding two wild ancestors—Arachis ipaensis and Arachis duranensis. Image Number D3626-1

ARS and international scientists found that the modern peanut is made of genomes from these two wild ancestors—Arachis ipaensis (left) and Arachis duranensis (right)—which merged 10,000 years ago.



Photo by Merritt Melancon/University of Georgia.




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