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


ANSWER: d

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