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A Mutation Would Cause the Large Size of Cucumbers

Summary by pourlascience.fr
Since its domestication, the shape of the cucumber has changed. Since becoming longer and thinner, its current phenotype differs radically from that of the wild fruit: round and smaller. A so-called " synonym" mutation would be responsible for this variation.
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A Mutation Would Cause the Large Size of Cucumbers

Since its domestication, the shape of the cucumber has changed. Since becoming longer and thinner, its current phenotype differs radically from that of the wild fruit: round and smaller. A so-called " synonym" mutation would be responsible for this variation.

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pourlascience.fr broke the news in on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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