Evolution On The Vine: A History Of Tomato Domestication In Latin America

The common cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum; or (SLL)) is among the world’s most widely grown vegetable crops, from big agricultural farms to heirloom grown varieties.

In 2012, the domesticated ‘Heinz 1706’ tomato, an SLL, became the very first tomato to have its whole genome sequenced in an...