Arandom mutation in a cotton plant caused it to produce double the amount of cotton bolls. the extra amount of cotton produced is a desirable trait. which statement best describes what the cotton farmer should do to increase the chances that new cotton plants exhibit this trait?

a
the cotton farmer should let the cotton plant grow larger.

b
the cotton farmer should dig up the cotton plant and plant it next to different cotton plants.

c
the cotton farmer should breed the cotton plant with this trait to other cotton plants to produce offspring with this trait.

d
the cotton farmer should dig up all his cotton plants and replace them with seeds from the mutated cotton plant.

The correct option is C. The cotton farmer should breed the cotton plant with this trait to other cotton plants to produce offspring with this trait.

Explanation:

Selective breeding is a process through which plants and animals with desired qualities are bred together to get offsprings with the desired traits. This process has been used over many years by farmers to get the best livestock animals and to produce favourable varieties of crops.

Hence, the farmer should breed the mutated cotton plants with the normal cotton plants so that this characteristic can be acquired by the offsprings. Selective breeding will let this quality be passed on to generations after generations.

explanation:

the fossil record extends back to a dog-like ancestor some 55 million years ago, which gave rise to the first horse-like species 55 to 42 million years ago in the genus eohippus.

the correct answer is - d. china has a large and growing population.

the fact that china has a large (the biggest) population, and it is still growing, doesn't hinder the agriculture production in the country. in fact, it can for increased production in the agriculture, since there's more labor force, as well the sheer mass of people produces lots of scientists that come up with new inventions as to how to improve this sector. nice example is the inner mongolia region in china, in general dominated by the gobi desert, but few scientist came up with a nice idea as to how to make the region productive by using plants that are very resistant to droughts, so lots of people have been employed, and the region is becoming greener and greener each year, and the production of food in this region is also increasing.