Evolution You work for a forestry department. Your colleague asks your opinion o

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You work for a forestry department. Your colleague asks your opinion of a proposal to use artificial selection to breed a population of lodgepole pines that are resistant to the mountain pine beetle. They have managed to clone a large number of seedling lodgepole pines all from a single parent. They want to take those clones that are most resistant to the mountain pine beetle and breed those together and then use this next generation to replant in a national park. Will this proposal work? Briefly justify your answer

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They have managed to clone a large number of seedling lodgepole pines all from a single parent. They want to take those clones that are most resistant to the mountain pine beetle and breed those together and then use this next generation to replant in a national park.

This proposal works because national parks are rich in vegetation and soil have the capacity to the decomposition of organic material, returning nutrients to the soil; it also helps evergreens' cones to open and lodgepole and jack pine seeds to germinate.

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