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Getting to the roots of tubers

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Figure 1: Ancient roots — heaps of harvested manioc (Manihot esculenta) for sale at a market.

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Moore, P. Getting to the roots of tubers. Nature 395, 330–331 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/26364

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