Sentence Correction

[SohiniB218]

Hello,

What should be the correct answer?

In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.

a. in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
b. in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
c. partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
d. partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
e. partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers


Thanks

[tim]

Sorry, you're going to have to do some work yourself on this one before we can help you. What didn't you understand about this one? What did you try? Where did you get stuck?

[RonPurewal]

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