Question

Luther Burbank was a plant breeder who developed a strain of potato plant that produced more tubers (the part of the root that people eat) of larger size than other potato plants that were grown on farms at the time. This strain of potato was also resistant to the potato blight that had wiped out the potato crops in Ireland in the mid-1800s. How did Burbank’s process in developing this potato compare to the process of natural selection?

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A. Burbanks Process was slower
B.Burbank’s process did not affect the genetic makeup of the potato.
C.Burbank’s process did not place the potato plant under any type of selection.
D.Burbank’s process did not involve environmental pressures to shape the outcome******?

Answer 1

I agree.

Answer 2

thank you

Answer 3

Correct it was D!

Answer 4

D cause yeah