Biotechnology: Principle and ProcessHard
Question
The most likely reason for the development of resistance against pesticides in insect damaging a crop is
Options
A.random mutations
B.genetic recombinations
C.directed mutations
D.acquired heritable changes
Solution
The enviromental stress (as pesticides) does not cause direct changes in genome, instead, it simply selects rather persisting mutations which result in phenotypes that are better adapted to the nrw environment (eg, certain pesticides).
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