A Botanist Compares a Wild-Type Plant to Two Different Mutant

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A botanist compares a wild-type plant to two different mutant plants of the same species.One of the mutants is small and has fewer cells than the wild type.The other has the normal number of cells, though each cell is much smaller than the cells in the wild-type plant.Which hormones are likely to be missing or not functioning properly in these two types of mutants?

• A) Cytokinins and gibberellins
• B) Auxin and gibberellins
• C) Ethylene and gibberellins
• D) Gibberellins and brassinosteroids
• E) Cytokinins and abscisic acid