基因工程CHAPTER概述.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Early farmers — like those in Egypt and the Americas — saved seeds from plants that produced the best crops, then planted them the next year to grow even better crops. Over many years, this selective breeding led to higher-yielding varieties. * Here’s one example of human intervention. We wouldn’t have corn as the food we enjoy today had generations of farmers not nurtured this crop along. On the left is teosinte, which is found in Mexico and Central America and is thought to be an early ancestor of corn. On the right is a modern ear of corn, which h