You Are Asked to Evaluate a Research Proposal That Aims

question 41

Multiple Choice

You are asked to evaluate a research proposal that aims to increase the resistance of wheat to a new stem rust by inserting R-genes from another plant, a wild relative of potato, known to be highly resist to rust. Do you recommend the proposal be funded, and why?

• A)Yes, because the additional R-genes will likely improve the ability of wheat plants to recognize the rust pathogen.
• B)Yes, because these R-genes come from a distantly related plant lineage, it is unlikely that this wheat rust will have evolved a way to evade them.
• C)No, because these R-genes come from a distantly related plant lineage, they are unlikely to function properly in wheat.
• D)No, because R-genes only confer resistance when expressed in the same species they evolved in.

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