Tomatoes Carry a Gene Called Fw2

question 20

Multiple Choice

Tomatoes carry a gene called fw2.2 that encodes a protein made during early fruit development―the job of which is to repress cell division.Additionally,researchers have identified a second gene called fas that controls the number of compartments in the mature fruit.Artificial selection leading to the production of very large tomatoes has apparently capitalized on ________.

• A) alleles associated with low production of the repressor protein and an increase in the number of fruit compartments
• B) alleles associated with high production of the repressor protein and an increase in the number of fruit compartments
• C) alleles associated with low production of the repressor protein and a decrease in the number of fruit compartments
• D) alleles associated with high production of the repressor protein and a decrease in the number of fruit compartments

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