Name any 5 vegetables generated from common ancestors through artificial selection. Also mention features for which each vegetable is selected?

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Some of the vegetables generated from a common ancestor, wild cabbage, through artificial selection rather than natural selection are :
1) Cabbage selected from short distance between leaves.
2) Broccoli selected for arrested flower development and thick stem
3) Cauliflower selected for sterile flowers forming a large flower
4) Kohlrabi selected for a swollen edible stem
5) Kale selected for large leaves.

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