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Tracing the Genetic Roots of the Modern Potato

03/18/09 | 1h 25m 6s | Rating: TV-G

David Spooner, a professor in the Department of Horticulture at UW-Madison, talks about major discoveries with cultivated and wild potatoes: species diversity, where they grow, their classifications, and the origins of the first cultivated potatoes.

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