A single flowering plant produces pollen with a mutation that causes the pollen tubes to grow to only half their normal length. What will be the most likely long-term effect of this mutation on the local population of this type of plant?

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anonymous · Answer

Plants produced from eggs fertilized by this pollen will only grow half as tall as the others, resulting in a population with short and tall plants.

		Since the pollen tubes cannot grow long enough to reach the eggs, the mutation will not be passed on and will not affect the plant population.

		The pollen tubes will reach the eggs sooner, which will result in seeds from this pollen being produced faster, making the mutation more likely to get passed on.

		Within a few generations the mutation will have spread through the population, making all the pollen tubes shorter.

anonymous · Answer

I don't know D: I don't know D:

anonymous · Answer

wow -_-

anonymous · Answer

I think it is either B or C

anonymous · Answer

lol I"m too scared to try to answer

anonymous · Answer

lol thanks for trying though ^_^

anonymous · Answer

no problem @blues is really good at science stuff she's not on right now though

anonymous · Answer

oh ok well i have to get this done today so lol I'll need you help on it

anonymous · Answer

well all of yall's help on it basically lol

anonymous · Answer

here i got an EASIER question