Which best describes a difference between cloning plants and selectively breeding plants? a. cloning requires two parents and selective breeding requires one parent. b. cloning results in a genetically identical plant and selective breeding does not. c. cloning always requires that dna be modified and selective breeding does not. d. cloning always results in larger plants and selective breeding always results in smaller plants.

The answer is B) Cloning results in a genetically identical plant and selective breeding does not.

Cloning results in a genetically identical plant and selective breeding does not.

Explanation:

Cloning is the process wherein we can make exact genetically identical copies of a plant by using the cuttings or clippings of the vegetative part of a plant.As we require only the cuttings/clippings we are basically using vegetative propagation for cloning and hence it requires the use of only one parent. Selective breeding is the process wherein we select two parents who have the characteristics that are desirable and the new breed them to produce offspring that have those characters from both the parents. Thus, the offsprings produced due to selective breeding are not genetically identical as they are produced from two parents and genetic recombination occurs.