[ad_1] Scientists have analyzed Criollo, dubbed "the prince of cocoa trees," in their new study on the domestication of cocoa. After studying the cultivated cocoa trees, scientists discovered that these were the …
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[ad_1] The team is particularly interested in Criollo, the first variant of cocoa to be domesticated. The analysis traced it back to a single domestication event in Central America about 3,600 years …
Read More »The analysis of cocoa dates from the dawn of the domestic chocolatiers 3,600 years ago
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers analyzing the genomes of cocoa trees traced their origins to a "single event of domestication" about 3,600 years ago. The discovery opens a new front in …
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