Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 18.5, Problem 2R
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The advantages of employing the
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Plant breeding may be defined as the process, by which the traits of plants can be altered according to the requirements and a better crop can be generated. Naturally, it happens by cross-breeding the nonrelated plants and obtaining the combination of the best of both the plants. This can also happen through recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technology developed by humans.
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