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A potato herbarium specimen collected in Chile by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle. Analyses of historical genomes retrieved from herbarium specimens in conjunction with present-day diversity reveal the demographic and adaptive history of the potato following its introduction to Europe.

Gutaker et al. The origins and adaptation of European potatoes reconstructed from historical genomes. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 3, 1093-1101 (2019).