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Modern plant-breeding techniques (artificial selection in action) have reduced genetic variability in many of our most commercially valuable plants. To most people, that would generate a shrug. However, a biology student that has studied evolution understands the problem with this. Briefly explain why there is an issue with this.

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There is an issue with the artificial selection.

Step-by-step explanation:

There is an issue with this artificial selection because the genetic variability is reduced when we do again and again the artificial selection. In the artificial selection, the selected genes are combined with the one another and does not allow natural fusion or combination of genes that is responsible for the genetic variability in the organisms so that's why we can say that this artificial selection is an issue that reduce genetic variability.

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