Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer’s production of a new

variety of rice is not unlike the artificial selection
practices of previous agrarian societies that produced
new
a. plants.
b. breeds of cattle.
c. breeds of cats.
d. breeds of birds.
e. all of these.


Answer: e

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