Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)that Are Used as Crop Plants to Feed

question 44

Multiple Choice

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that are used as crop plants to feed humans are able to express new traits because

• A) they now contain genes from another organism that code for these molecules.
• B) they grow bacteria on the surface of leaves or roots that produce these molecules.
• C) they have been injected with these new molecules and there is no natural method for them to be degraded in the organism.
• D) their normally occurring molecules have been modified to serve different functions.
• E) they are hybrid plants that contain new alleles.

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