The Science of ____________________ Has Developed Hybrid Crops and Plants

question 41

Short Answer

The science of ____________________ has developed hybrid crops and plants and ____________________ that are genetically modified to make them more resistant to pests or to increase their nutritional content.

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Definitions:

Optically Active

Describes a substance that has the ability to rotate the plane of polarization of polarized light, a property of chiral molecules.

Distillation

A process used to separate components of a liquid mixture based on differences in their boiling points.

(1S,2S,3R,5S)-Pinanediol

A specific stereochemical configuration of pinanediol, indicating the spatial arrangement of atoms around four chiral centers.

(1S,2R,3R,5R)-Pinanediol

A diol with a specific stereoisomeric configuration, derived from pinene, used in organic synthesis to protect or prepare chiral intermediates.