Hermaphrodites would not be able to optimize to the fulfilling both the male and female roles. Finally, you pointed out that the worms do not inbreed. Inbreeding avoidance does not have to be the cause of the hermaphroditism persisting, if the environment/other factors favour hermaphroditism.
Potatoes come from the ground, the edible tubers on the roots of the potato plant (Solanum tuberosum). They are grown in many parts of the world. The Spanish were the first Eu â¦ ropeans to see potatoes. The tubers were cultivated in South America, in Peru and Chile.
In the Andes, where the species is indigenous, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species. Potatoes were introduced outside the Andes region approximately four centuries ago, and have since become an integral part of much of the world's food supply.