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

question 26

Multiple Choice

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

• A)The differently coloured plants will attract different pollinating insects.
• B)The RNA probe is transported only to certain tissues.
• C)The coloured 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.

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