Two Pure- Breeding Mutant Plants Produce White Flowers

question 37

Multiple Choice

Two pure- breeding mutant plants produce white flowers. When they are crossed, all of the progeny have wild- type purple flowers. What does this genetic complementation tell you?

• A) The genes are part of two distinct biosynthetic pathways.
• B) The allele is pleiotropic.
• C) The allele exhibits incomplete dominance.
• D) More than one gene is involved in determining the phenotype.
• E) The two lines exhibit different mutations in the same gene.

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