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> Most modern potatoes descend from the ones cultivated by the Inca and their predecessors. While the first potatoes introduced in Europe were high Andean in o
by flobosg 6y ago
> Most modern potatoes descend from the ones cultivated by the Inca and their predecessors.
While the first potatoes introduced in Europe were high Andean in origin, the modern potato stems mostly from lowland varieties cultivated in southern Chile[1].
[1]: https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3732/ajb.95.2.252 https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3732/ajb...