PHIL SIMON(See M. Iorizzo et al., “A high-quality carrot genome assembly provides new insights into carotenoid accumulation and asterid genome evolution,” Nature Genetics, 2016.)
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Carrots vary in color due to differences in pigment compounds called carotenoids, ranging from yellow (lutein) and orange (carotenes), to red (lycopene), and purple (anthocyanin).
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