Study analyzes potato-pathogen ‘arms race’ after Irish famine

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Source: Photo by Jean Ristaino, NC State University.

In an examination of the genetic material found in historic potato leaves, researchers reveal more about the tit-for-tat evolutionary changes occurring in both potato plants and the pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish potato famine. 

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