OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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breeding tomatoes to increase fruit size
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crossing two plants with desirable traits
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inserting genes from one plant into another
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returning bred plants to their natural habitat
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Detailed explanation-1: -The major conventional approaches for tomato breeding include pedigree, hybrid, and backcross breedings that focus on combinations of various traits for different consumption and market requirements (Bai and Lindhout, 2007).
Detailed explanation-2: -For example, broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage were all derived from the wild mustard plant through selective breeding. Artificial selection appeals to humans since it is faster than natural selection and allows humans to mold organisms to their needs.
Detailed explanation-3: -First, native people in South America cultivated blueberry-sized wild tomatoes about 7, 000 years ago to breed a plant with a cherry-sized fruit. Later, people in Mesoamerica bred this intermediate group further to form the large cultivated tomatoes that we eat today.