How Would Shoot and Root Growth Be Affected by a Mutation

question 91

Multiple Choice

How would shoot and root growth be affected by a mutation that caused plants to lose the ability to polymerize glucose into starch granules?

• A)Lateral branch shoots would grow more upright, and be less able to maintain a horizontal orientation.
• B)Lateral branch roots fully embedded in soil would grow randomly upward and downward.
• C)Lateral branch shoots would grow more horizontally and have less of a tendency to turn upward.
• D)Only shoots would be affected.
• E)Roots breaking the soil surface would grow upward.

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