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question 43

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following information to answer the questions below.
Humanoids on the newly explored planet Brin (in a hypothetical galaxy in ~50 years from the present) have a gene structure similar to our own, but many very different plants and animals.
-One species of green plant, with frondlike leaves, a spine-coated stem, and purple cup-shaped flowers, is found to be self-pollinating. Which of the following is true of this species?

• A) The species must be haploid.
• B) Its reproduction is asexual.
• C) All members of the species have the same genotype.
• D) Some of the seeds would have true-breeding traits.
• E) All of its dominant traits are most frequent.

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