Question

a) How do starch bodies differ in smooth and wrinkled pea seeds?

b) Are the differences in the smooth and wrinkled pea seeds more likely caused by genetic or environmental differences?

Answer 1

a) Between the smooth and wrinkled peas, the winkled peas contain less starch bodies due to which they are more sweet. The smooth peas have larger number of starch bodies, due to which they are less sweet.

b) The difference in smooth and wrinkled peas is caused due to genetic differences. The presence of different alleles governing pod shape leads to formation of wrinkled and smooth shape. The smooth pod is caused by a dominant allele whereas recessive allele leads to wrinkled pod.

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