Question: 1 Multiple Answer 1 point Crop wild relatives harbor lots of potentially useful variation, but most breeding programs rarely use them. What are the main

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Crop wild relatives harbor lots of potentially useful variation, but most breeding programs rarely use them.
What are the main reasons?
It is often difficult to identify and transfer useful allele from crop wild relatives
Useful alleles from crop wild relatives are often linked to undesirables alleles
Plant breeders aren't aware that crop wild relatives may harbor useful variation
Commercial seed companies are not interested in traits that use natural variation
1 Multiple Answer 1 point Crop wild relatives

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