Campbell Biology (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321775651
ISBN 13: 978-0-32177-565-8

Chapter 10 - Test Your Understanding - Level 3 - Synthesis/Evaluation - Page 209: 9

Answer

One would expect the wild ancestors of cultivated soybeans to have less photosynthetic efficiency since soybeans would have been subjected to artificial selection to produce higher yields, which depend on greater photosynthetic efficiency, for a long time.

Work Step by Step

The key here is to think about a crop plant and what it is for: human benefit. Clearly, greater efficiency would lead to great human benefit.
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