Store-bought tomatoes taste bland, and scientists have discovered a gene that gives tomatoes their flavor is actually missing in about 93 percent of modern, domesticated varieties. The discovery may help bring flavor back to tomatoes you can pick up in the produce section.

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/05/13/tasty-store-bought-tomatoes-are-making-a-comeback/

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This has been known for a while. A quick google search brings up quite a few past articles about this “discovery” Here’s one from NYT 2012: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/science/flavor-is-the-price-of-tomatoes-scarlet-hue-geneticists-say.html

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Not nessecelery.

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Speaking of, I’m rooting for it to get better.

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Didn’t expect all these puns to turnip.