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The nature and extent of past and current hybridization between cultivated potato and wild relatives in nature is of interest to crop evolutionists, taxonomists, breeders and recently to molecular biologists because of the possibilities of inverse gene flow in the deployment of genetically-modified (GM) crops. This research proves that natural hybridization occurs in areas of potato diversity in the Andes, the possibilities for survival of these new hybrids, and shows a possible way forward in case of GM potatoes should prove advantageous in such areas.
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This research was financed by the International Cooperation Program for Development from the European Union (ICFP599A4PR01). We are grateful to CIP and INIEA for the greenhouse and experimental fields facilities and staff that collaborated; to Eutropio Contreras and his family and Raul Canto for helping with planting, monitoring and evaluations of these trials on growing and selecting the plant material. We are also very grateful to Dr. Claus Rasmusen from the University of Illinois for identification of insect pollinators.
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Maria Scurrah and Carolina Celis-Gamboa contributed equally to this manuscript.
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Scurrah, M., Celis-Gamboa, C., Chumbiauca, S. et al. Hybridization between wild and cultivated potato species in the Peruvian Andes and biosafety implications for deployment of GM potatoes. Euphytica 164, 881–892 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-007-9641-x
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