Ray Ming, University of Illinois (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Ray Ming, University of Illinois

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Plant biology professor Ray Ming and his colleagues discovered that papaya cultivation 4,000 years ago likely led to the evolution of hermaphrodite plants, which are favored by growers today.

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