1.You are a geneticist working for a firm that specializes in plant biotechnology. Explain what specific parts (fruit, seeds, stems, roots, etc.) of the following plants you would try to alter by genetic engineering, what changes you would try to make, and why, on corn, tomatoes, wheat and avocados 2.Only a few hundred of the hundreds of thousands of species in the plant kingdom have been domesticated for human use. One example is the almond. …showed first 75 words of 533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 533 total…for humans who would grind them up and leach out the bitter or toxic chemicals. Both have rare mutant sweet nut trees. But the almond bears fruit in three to four years and the toxicity is controlled by a single dominant gene making it easier to breed out. Oaks do not bear fruit for over ten years and the toxicity or bitterness is controlled by many genes making it genetically difficult to get rid of.