Genes for natural pesticides that are toxic to potato bugs have recently been transferred into potato plants making the plants lethal to these bugs. A main concern is that
A) these genes will escape from potatoes and disrupt other natural ecosystem functions.
B) these genes will mutate to become lethal to the potato plants that contain them.
C) natural selection will rapidly produce strains of potato bugs that are immune to the toxin in the plant.
D) the cost to farmers will exceed the benefits.
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