Some scientists have suggested that recent outbreaks of sudden oak disease could be fought through the creation of transgenic plants with genetic resistance to sudden oak disease. What would be the most likely source of this genetic resistance?
A. entirely new genes created in a lab and inserted into the oak genome
B. a species of aphid with resistance to sudden oak disease
C. the original host species in the native region of the disease
D. domesticated apple trees adapted to North America
E. other tree species with unusually high levels of host plant resistance
Answer: C
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