Question

Domesticated plants and animals:________

a. can readily survive in both cultivated and wild (natural) settings.
b. are characterized by high genetic diversity.
c. tend to lose genetic diversity as the farmer selects for more desirable agricultural characteristics.
d. are less likely to succumb to new strains of disease-causing organisms.
e. readily adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Answer 1

Answer: option C - tend to lose genetic diversity as the farmer selects for more desirable agricultural characteristics.

Step-by-step explanation:

The farmer carry out SELECTION of the plants and animals with the MOST desirable traits, and over time they supervise their breeding with one another, and Selecting again from the offspring, which finally leads to the ELIMINATION of GENETIC DIVERSITY (varieties of traits) among successive generations