Choose the appropriate answer to complete the sentence. while genetic modification of food has numerous advantages, some people are concerned about the potential of genetically modified crops to

a.) add vitamin and mineral supplements to food.
b.) target harmless insects unintentionally.
c.) clean up pollution in contaminated soil.
d.) resist extreme temperature changes.

The correct answer is B. Target harmless insects unintentionally.

Explanation:

Genetically modified foods (GMOs) are the result of changes in the ADN of food or crops to select certain traits over others such as making crops more resistant to temperature changes or making food more nutritious. This type of food and the process of creation Genetically Modified foods has multiple advantages but also has been widely criticized all around the world this occurs as the effects of GMOs in human beings has not been widely proved and also because GMOs can change the natural balance as most of this food had been modified to avoid being  damaged by insects, but the protein they contain is also toxic to some insects and as a result many died even those that are harmless. Therefore, the statement that expresses one of the disadvantages or reasons people are concerned about Genetic Modification of Food is that it targets harmless insects unintentionally.

c.) polymerase chain reaction

- "unlike the original dna fingerprinting method, dna profiling does not use restriction enzymes to cut the dna. instead it uses the polymerase chain reaction (pcr)? to produce many copies of specific str sequences. pcr is an automated procedure that generates lots of copies of a specific sequence of dna."