The production of a strain of corn that is genetically engineered to tolerate low pH and therefore thrive in a field exposed to acid rain is an illustration of
A) the production of a transgenic crop that is adapted to its environment.
B) the tailoring of the environment to meet the needs of crop plants.
C) pharming.
D) the complexity of the proteome as compared with the genome.
E) the use of homologous recombination in biotechnology.

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The production of a genetically engineered corn strain that can tolerate low pH and thrive in acid rain illustrates the creation of a transgenic crop that is specifically adapted to the environment. This is accomplished by manipulating the plant's genome to express genes that confer tolerance to acid rain, in this case.

The Production of a Strain of Corn That Is Genetically