Agricultural Crops with Improved Characteristics Created Artificially by Combining Genes

question 13

Multiple Choice

Agricultural crops with improved characteristics created artificially by combining genes from species that would not naturally interbreed are called

• A)organic crops.
• B)transgenic crops.
• C)improved crops.
• D)cross bred crops.
• E)hybridized crops.

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