Why Is It Important to Preserve the Genes of the Wild

question 67

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to preserve the genes of the wild relatives of crop plants?

• A) Beneficial genes from the wild relatives may be transferred into crop plants.
• B) It is not important because the human population no longer eats wild foods.
• C) By preserving the genes, we can control the growth of the wild relatives, which threaten our crop plants.
• D) The wild relatives are the food sources for all domestic animal species.
• E) It is not important because the wild species have all become extinct.

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Definitions:

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for discovering the principle of classical conditioning through experiments with dogs and bells.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction or response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned through association with a stimulus that elicits an automatic response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unconditioned response without any prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral but, after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus, gradually induces a conditioned response.