Guayule (Parthenium Argentatum)is a Plant Originating in Mexico That Is

question 38

Multiple Choice

Guayule (Parthenium argentatum) is a plant originating in Mexico that is used to produce rubber. Scientists used artificial selection to breed guayule with a relative plant from Utah, Parthenium ligulatum, and produced a hybrid plant that transferred cold tolerance to guayule. In this example, plant growth habits and leaf shape are components of ________ that enabled cold tolerance, and the transferability of these traits is an example of ________.

• A)sexual reproduction; variation
• B)variation; heritability
• C)heritability; overproduction of offspring
• D)genetic drift; taxonomy

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