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Below is a question with multiple-choice answers. Choose the correct option based on your reasoning.

### Question:
Steven went to a farm and picked a bright red tomato from a broken branch on the plant. The tomato had a rotten spot with a worm inside of it. Instead of eating the tomato, Steven decided to plant the seeds and grow new tomato plants. Which characteristic of the tomato plant is inherited and could change over several generations?

### Choices:
A. color of the skin
B. size of rotten spots
C. length of worms inside
D. number of broken branches

### Answer:
