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The following passage appears in an online article. Paraphrase the information for your research report about DNA.

Scientists believe some day farmers will grow plants with black leaves. These leaves would be able to change sunlight into energy. F. Dyson, a genetics expert, claims, "This would help reduce poverty in rural parts of the world because farmers could grow black plants and sell them at a healthy profit." He also sees a day when termites will eat rusty metal and trees will produce liquid fuel. "The secret lies in DNA," says Dyson.

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Basically, Dyson believes that altering DNA may change the course of the world. If a specific gene is adjusted in a species, the offspring of said species will change to correlate with the mutation. This eventually transforms the species as a whole into something it originally wasn't at the beginning of its existence.



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well not only do humans and animals evolve plants do too.DNA changes over time which changes not only the appearance but the way the plant acts and protects itself .there for the black leave was from a different leave thats DNA changed over time and it reacted to the crops grown by farmers and accelerated the growth hormones in the plant.
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