About 9,000 years ago people generated a new plant species,…

 About 9,000 years ago people generated a new plant species, Zea mays (maize/corn), through the domestication of a grass known as teosinte. In comparison to teosinte, modern ears of corn are much larger, have many more rows of corn grains, have softer corn grains, and do not shatter (break apart to scatter the grains). Which of the following most accurately describes the generation of corn?