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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Hunger and malnutrition are urgent problems for many poor countries, yet plant biologists in wealthy nations have focused most of their research efforts on Arabidopsis thaliana. Some people have argued that if plant biologists are truly concerned about fighting world hunger, they should study cassava and plantain beeause these twe crops are staples for many of the world's poor. If you were an Arabidopsis researcher, how might you respond to this argument?
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