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Farmers have successfully bred Brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, and cauliflower from the mustard plant. This demonstrates(A) convergent evolution(B) coevolution(C) adaptive radiation(D) natural selection(E) artificial selection
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'16) Broccoli, cabbages, and Brussels sprouts all descend from the same wild mustard and can still interbreed. These varieties were produced by a) artificial selection. b) natural selection. c) genetic drift: d) inheritance of acquired characteristics.'
Starting with a wild mustard species, humans have developed cauliflower, broccoli, kale, and cabbage. Which of the following statements is supported by this fact? a. Natural selection never worked on the mustard plant. b. There is no natural variation in the wild mustard plant. c. There was enough natural variation in the mustard plant that humans were able to exaggerate certain features by artificial selection. d. Both a and $\mathrm{b}$
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Broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussel sprout, & cabbage plants are all derived from the same species of wild mustard, Brassica oleracea, that humans have been selectively breeding for thousands of years to produce a wide variety of plants with different desirable traits. This is an example of: sexual selection stabilizing selection genetic drift disruptive selection None of the above.
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