If a Plant Biologist Succeeds in Generating a Single Plant

question 3

Multiple Choice

If a plant biologist succeeds in generating a single plant with a particularly desirable flower, which of the following approaches would be the most efficient way to generate more plants with this trait?

• A) backtrack through her previous experiments to obtain another plant with the same traits and cross the two
• B) breed this plant with a plant that does not flower
• C) clone the plant
• D) force the plant to self-pollinate

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