For Question # 2 Cabbage Family Refer to this
2. Artificial Selection:
Cabbage Family - After examining the picture of the cabbage family (Brassica) in the lab area or Book page #
379/or on the Flipchart, complete the following:
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Observe ancestral Brassica (cabbage) plant. Observe modern Brassica plants.
Name modern Brassica plants and write which part of the ancestral plant(Flower, Stem, Leaf, Bud, Root),
breeders may have chosen to produce the modern plants.
Modern plant name
Name of the part of the ancestral plant
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Choose one of the modern Brassica vegetables. Explain how breeders might have produced that variety from
the ancestral plant.