What Is an Advantage for Using Arabidopsis to Study Plant

question 3

Multiple Choice

What is an advantage for using Arabidopsis to study plant development and genetics?

• A) The Arabidopsis genome is largely unstudied, and therefore there is a lot that scientists can learn.
• B) Arabidopsis mutants can be easily induced with chemicals.
• C) There are no developmental mutants in Arabidopsis , therefore, normal development can be studied easily.
• D) This plant completes its life cycle in just a few months.
• E) This plant is a weed of no economic importance.

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