Genetically modified (GM) crops are foods that have had their genomes modified, allowing humans to increase the production of certain crops. Farmer A purchases GM seeds that are immune to a specific herbicide. She plants these seeds in rows over seventeen acres. The following spring, Farmer A's neighbor, Farmer B, tells her that nearly a third of the plants in his crop fields have the same immunity. Which of the following describes the most likely explanation for this occurrence?

a. Rabbits which frequent both fields carried the seeds across to Farmer B's land.

b. Farmer A's crops cross-pollinated with Farmer B's crops on the neighboring land.

c. The two farms share an irrigation system which transmitted the immunity from one field to another.

d. By increasing the genetic diversity in Farmer A's crops, they have out-competed the crops on Farmer B's land.

Herbicide resistant genes may transferred to from Farmer A's plants to farmer B's plants via pollination. Option B is correct.

Jumping Gene:

It is a concept in biology which says that the genes present in the one plant can transfer to another plant via pollination. They are also known as Transportable elements.

Here Herbicide resistant genes transferred to from Farmer A's plants to farmer B's plants.

Therefore, Herbicide resistant genes may transferred to from Farmer A's plants to farmer B's plants via pollination.

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B.Farmer A's crops cross-pollinated with Farmer B's crops on the neighboring land.

Explanation:

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the two answers are a, the population of birds with large beaks will increase on the island, and c, the trait for large beaks will be passed on to future generations through natural selection. the reason for that is because if the birds that have beaks developed for eating small seeds lose all of their food, they will go hungry and eventually starve because they physically cannot eat the large seeds, therefore making the population of large beaked birds higher. also, if the trait of large beaks are dominant on the island over small beaks, then over time the large beaked birds will reproduce more and more, while the smaller beaked birds will reproduce less and less because they can't survive with the food provided. that leads to the trait of small beaks disappearing and the trait of large beaks taking over the island.