A mutation causes a tomato plant to have much fewer, smaller leaves. Plants use their leaves to make food. Which best describes
this mutation? It is harmful because it obviously affects the plant’s ability to survive. It is beneficial because it affects the plant’s physical appearance. It is neutral because it does not obviously affect the plant’s ability to survive. It is neutral because it affects the plant’s physical appearance.
<u> It is harmful because it obviously affects the plant’s ability to survive</u>
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Explanation:
Mutations are alterations in the genetic code that may occur due to environmental or chemical mutagens. Mutagens, are substances or agents that induce changes in the genetic code.
Photosynthesis is a complex biochemical process; plants convert solar energy into chemical energy as sugars like the polysaccharide glucose. They also use inorganic carbon from along with .
Plants photosynthesize in their leaves- these organs contain tissues for intake, along with the chloroplasts and mitochondria, the sites of photosynthesis and respiration. If the number of leaves are reduced, this reduces the amount of tissue capable of carrying out this essential process, limiting the plant's chance for meeting its energetic needs, and thus survival.
DNA structure. DNA is made up of molecules called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a phosphate group, a sugar group and a nitrogen base. The four types of nitrogen bases are adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C).
Assuming there is no typo with the genotypes, both parents are recessive in both traits. Therefore the phenotype of the offspring can only show recessive traits,namely green and short. In otherwords, the probability of having green and short phenotypes is 100%.
