Gulu la akatswiri motsogozedwa ndi asayansi aku China adafufuza zamitundu 44 ya mbatata kuchokera ku mitundu yakuthengo ndi mitundu ina. Anapeza jini yomwe imapangitsa mbatata kukhala chakudya chofunikira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Chitukukocho chinalengezedwa Magazini ya Nature.
Ma geneticists adasanthula majini 732 omwe nthawi zambiri amawonetsedwa mu ma tubers. Pambuyo pa zoyeserera zingapo, akatswiri adatha kuzindikira kukhalapo kwa chinthu cholembera chomwe chimalola mbatata kukulitsa ma tubers.
Evolution yapangitsa tuber ya mbatata kukhala ngati malo osungiramo zinthu. Izi zimapatsa chomera mwayi wokhala ndi moyo, ndipo ndi ma tubers - odyedwa komanso opatsa thanzi - omwe munthu amafunikira.