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Plant Evolution and Diversity
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Plant Evolution and Diversity in the Real World
Shmoop keeps it real. Let's see how this topic is connected to some of the big issues in society and the world.
Environment
A major way humans are changing the environment is by moving plants around to new habitats. We are taking plants out of the habitats in which they evolved and are putting them in new ones, which ha...
Biotechnology
Up until now, we have been talking about evolution by natural selection. But humans are taking evolution into our own hands through selective breeding and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).Sele...
Research
As biotechnology improves, we know more and more about plant genetics and evolutionary relationships. We can use the tools available to resolve evolutionary relationships between plants, at least t...