The Development of Modern Corn from Teosinte

question 171

Multiple Choice

The development of modern corn from teosinte

• A) was achieved by biotechnological approaches.
• B) was achieved by asexual propagation.
• C) illustrates the wealth of genetic diversity in the genomes of crop plants.
• D) was achieved by natural selection.
• E) began recently.

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