Most Plants, Including Rice, Can Make Their Own Vitamin A

question 42

Multiple Choice

Most plants, including rice, can make their own vitamin A, but rice seeds cannot. Why not? What's the problem?

• A) They don't have the genes to make the enzymes that make vitamin A.
• B) They don't have the base pairs necessary to make vitamin A.
• C) They have the right enzymes to make vitamin A but lack the genes.
• D) They have the right genes to make the enzymes to make vitamin A, but they're inactivated.
• E) The rice seeds are not mature enough to make their own vitamin A.

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