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There are two ways to answer this question- first, looking at what’s going on internally while the fruit is ripening and second looking at why these plants have evolved to do this at all, especially considering it’s seemingly a massive waste of the plant’s energy and resources to produce fruit of any color around its seeds.
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Sources:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC549760/
https://www.bowdoin.edu/faculty/n/nwheelwr/pdf/ColorsofFruit.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?id=FWc3zDq9P10C&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=fruits+change+color+ripe+to+disperse+seeds&source=bl&ots=Yw6ihfxduo&sig=NBnlX0ZlESoxudZj0d3NMUX2KhI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BLaeVKijFIHsgwSfrYDADg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=fruits%20change%20color%20ripe%20to%20disperse%20seeds&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frugivore
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/guides/tracks_and_sign/leavebehind/scat/
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/seed.html
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http://www.edathlon.com/science_projects/cooking_with_color.htm
https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/resource/31548
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/origin-of-fruit-ripening/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolase
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripening
http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=163
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https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-191615560/stock-photo-strawberry-ripens-in-the-garden-the-red-strawberry-is-growing-and-ripening-strawberry-branch-with
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-194578681/stock-photo-red-raspberry-%28rubus-idaeus%29-of-berries-ripening-closeup
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https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-150192464/stock-photo-ripening-peach-fruit-hanging-on-a-branch-in-the-sunlight-close-up-selected-focus
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-96442943/stock-photo-orange-color-fruits-and-vegetables
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