All of the following strategies are being pursued with the goal of preventing transgene escape from genetically modified crops except
A) the engineering of male sterility into plants.
B) the genetic engineering of apomixis into transgenic crops.
C) the genetic engineering of trangenes into the chloroplast DNA.
D) the genetic engineering of flowers that develop normally, but fail to open.
E) hybridization of transgenic crop genes with related wild weeds.

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Hybridization of transgenic crop genes with related wild weeds actually increases the potential for transgene escape, making it an unlikely strategy for preventing it. The other options such as male sterility, genetic engineering of apomixis, genetic engineering of chloroplast DNA, and engineering of flowers that fail to open are all strategies that can prevent transgene escape.

All of the Following Strategies Are Being Pursued with the Goal