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How Eggplants Have Sex

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The fruits, vegetables, legumes and other foods that wind up on our tables all have something in common: They made it there because of sex. University of California, Riverside genetics professor Norman C. Ellstrand joins us to talk about the mechanics of plant reproduction, which he writes about in “Sex on the Kitchen Table: The Romance of Plants and Your Food” (University of Chicago Press).