The cacao genome appears close to the hypothetical hexaploid ancestor of all dicotyledonous plants .
Cacao genome is proposed as an evolutionary mechanism by which the 21 chromosomes of the dicots ' hypothetical hexaploid ancestor underwent major fusions leading to cacao 's 10 chromosome pairs .
The cacao genome appears close to the hypothetical hexaploid ancestor of all dicotyledonous plants , and it is proposed as an evolutionary mechanism by which the 21 chromosomes of the dicots ' hypothetical hexaploid ancestor underwent major fusions leading to cacao 's 10 chromosome pairs .