Selective Plant Breeding

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Pamela Ronald describes how virtually all food sold in stores is derived selective breeding of plants for desired traits by humans, a practice that goes back to very early human civilization. For more information, see Pamela Ronald's Narrative on Plant Genetics in The Explorer’s Guide to Biology (explorebiology.org/summary/genetics/plant-genetics-and-the-future-of-food).