Question

farmer produces two types of corn plants. one has larger sized kernels but fewer yields and another has smaller sized kernels with high yield. he wants to produce a corn plant with larger sized kernels with high yield.which of these methods would be applicable for this?eliminate the gene for lesser yield from the genome of larger sized kernels and eliminate the gene for smaller sized kernels from the other corn variety.insert the genome responsible for larger sized kernels into the gene of the corn with smaller sized kernels and a high yield.insert the gene responsible for larger sized kernels into the genome of the corn with smaller sized kernels and a high yield.

Answer 1

The answer is: insert the gene responsible for larger sized kernels into the genome of the corn with smaller sized kernels and a high yield.

The techniques of genetic engineering are used to introduce hybrid genes for some desired substance or trait into the genome of other organisms. Here, the desired trait is larger sized kernels. So, the gene responsible for this trait will be inserted into the genome of the corn with smaller sized kernels and a high yield.

It should be taken into consideration why two other choices are not correct:
1. there are no genes for less or more of something in the genome.
2. genes are part of a genome, so the genome for a trait cannot be inserted into a gene of an organism.