Name any five vegetables generated from a common ancestor through artificial selection rather than natural selection. Also mention the features for which each vegetable is selected.
Some of the vegetables generated from a common ancestor, wild cabbage, through artificial selection rather than natural selection are :
- Cabbage selected from short distance between leaves.
- Broccoli selected for arrested flower development and thick stem
- Cauliflower selected for sterile flowers forming a large flower
- Kohlrabi selected for a swollen edible stem
- Kale selected for large leaves.