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 33.4, Problem 1R
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The reason, due to which seeds of crop plants obtained from wild relatives are more valuable.
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During the plant domestication, the man has selected the genes that are suitable to his taste and are economically nonfeasible. Many wild types of genes were neglected during the plant domestication process that might have been essential for the plant survival.
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