While Studying the Plant Arabidopsis, a Botanist Finds That an RNA

question 19

Multiple Choice

While studying the plant Arabidopsis, a botanist finds that an RNA probe produces colored spots in the sepals of the plant. From this information, what can be inferred?

• A) The differently colored plants will attract different pollinating insects.
• B) The RNA probe is transported only to certain tissues.
• C) The colored regions were caused by mutations that occurred in the sepals.
• D) The RNA probe is specific to a gene active in sepals.
• E) More research needs to be done on the sepals of Arabidopsis.