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Evolutionary adaptations? As this is a domesticated plant, shouldn't any changes be considered the product of intelligent design?



Domestication and breeding/husbandry aren't always done consciously, but even when they are, people produce selective pressures (e.g. selective breeding). Evolution is ambivalent to intelligent, conscious choice or natural selection, as long as the next generation's heritable traits are different.




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