Did you ever think a papaya could get a vaccination? It turns out that it can, sort of. While genetically modified fruits and vegetables remain fairly rare, the papaya is one exception. Most papayas in the United States are grown in Hawaii, where they are important and profitable for the state’s economy. After a papaya virus devastated Hawaiian papaya production in the 1990s, papayas engineered for resistance to the virus were approved and brought to the market. Now, more than 80% of Hawaiian papayas are genetically modified. What are the benefits of this example of GM food? Write a short argument in favor of this use of genetic engineering below.

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tsd is temerature dependent sex determination.

tsd: it is a type of environmental sex determination in which the temperature experienced during embryonic/ larval development (ambient temperature for development) determine the sex of the offspring.

crocodile displays the tsd where the ambient temperature of the developing egg determines the individual's sex. for example in the american alligator's eggs, incubation at 33 ºc produces mostly males, while incubation at 30 ºc produces mostly females. so if the american alligator's egg will get the ambient temperature (33 degree celcius)during embryonic development from egg, the offspring will be male and same for the female sex determination.