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A mutation in a plant gene is female gametophyte lethal. This mutant allele can be normally transmitted through pollen. However, when transmitted through egg, the embryos abort, resulting in inviable seeds irrespective of the male allele. A student harvested the seeds from a heterozygous mutant plant and grew a total of 100 plants. What is the expected number of homozygous plants in this population?

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Explanation

a mutation in a plant gene is operates via 50 represents established outcome. functional assays validates option B. Other options propose substrate or regulatory direction, inconsistent with published kinetics and mutant phenotypes.

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