Research by Christopher Cullis has shown that

a. the genome size of plants varies little between species.
b. the genome size of individual plants of the same species is constant.
c. a plant’s environment can act as a selective agent to establish advantageous variants, but
these variants cannot be transmitted to the next generation.
d. a plant’s environment can act as a selective agent to establish advantageous variants, and
these variants can be transmitted to the next generation.
e. the genome size of plants is related to plant size.


D

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