A Group of Scientists Are Studying the Genes in a Cabbage

A group of scientists are studying the genes in a cabbage plant to determine if they can manipulate it to grow faster. In addition, they have inserted a gene containing a pesticide into the plant's DNA to reduce herbivory by pest insects. These cabbage plants would now be considered __________.

A) transgenic
B) to have undergone gene therapy
C) vectors
D) to be plasmids