Which method would be the best way of producing a similar plant for a friend explain your answer?

Answer 1

Definitely NOT cloning. If you used cloning, the new plant would be EXACTLY the same, not similar. You could use genetic engineering or selective breeding. If you used genetic engineering, you could choose one trait and take that gene and put in the new plant, so the new plant would be similar, but not exactly the same. If you used selective breeding, you could use inbreeding or hybridization. If you bred your plant with another plant with similar characteristics, [inbreeding], the result would be almost the same as your original plant and if you used hybridization, the new plant would be completely different. I would use genetic engineering, because you can pick specific traits and take those genes and put them into a new plant, so it will have some of the same traits but not all, and it will be similar but not exactly the same.