This week’s featured video shares the unique history of domestication of five familiar fruits and vegetables. The video produced by Business Insider shows how farmers and scientists have been modifying genes for thousands of years through natural breeding and selection. The video highlights the domestication of watermelon, banana, eggplant, carrot, and corn. It is surprising to see how different the ancient relatives are compared to the modern crops farmers produce today.
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