Why Is the Cassava Plant Difficult to Engineer Without the Help

question 3

Multiple Choice

Why is the cassava plant difficult to engineer without the help of modern biotechnology?

• A)The plant has a very low mutation rate.
• B)The plant is long lived making selective breeding ineffective.
• C)The plant is integral to African agriculture and is already optimized.
• D)The plant does not undergo recombination events,which limits genetic drift.

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