If we selected a few of the latest, purist bred; open pollinated varieties with the best qualities and returned them to the environment where the original "wild" tomatoes thrived without human interference; assuming genetic drift or natural mutation is real, would they revert to their original phenotype or develop a totally new variety? That would assume no cross breeding from outside influence occurred and all conditions are the same as they were when the wild tomatoes prospered. If they revert to their original form, would it require one hundred years or one thousand years?
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