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Nature Genetics 40, 800–804 (1 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/ng.144

Regulatory change in YABBY-like transcription factor led to evolution of extreme fruit size during tomato domestication

Bin Cong , Luz S Barrero & Steven D Tanksley

Plant domestication represents an accelerated form of evolution, resulting in exaggerated changes in the tissues and organs of greatest interest to humans (for example, seeds, roots and tubers). One of the most extreme cases has been the evolution of tomato fruit.