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Assess the effect of selective breeding on food crops.

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Selective breeding can make crops produce more matter that is edible, grow taller, grow shorter, etc... Weaker crops, or crops that have undesirable traits will slowly disappear, and eventually the gene pool will mostly have the selected crop
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Selective breeding on food crops may create stronger, and more healthy crops. The idea is to find your best crops, and breed them with other crops sharing the traits you want. Selective breeding can make crops produce more matter that is edible, grow taller, grow shorter, etc.. Weaker crops, or crops that have undesirable traits will slowly disappear, and eventually the gene pool will mostly have the selected crop
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