📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 9#️⃣ Question 6 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice
You are studying a mutant plant, that grows shorter, thicker, and more horizontally relative to its wild-type counterparts. Which of the following mutations would be consistent with these observations?
W) A loss-of-function mutation of ethylene receptors
X) A loss-of-function mutation of an inhibitor of ethylene signal transduction
Y) A mutation causing overproduction of abscisic acid
Z) A loss-of-function mutation of a kinase involved in abscisic acid signal transduction
✔️Answer:X) A loss-of-function mutation of an inhibitor of ethylene signal transduction
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