Practice question
Question
Vernalization causes flowering by:
Explanation
Go with B — Epigenetically silencing FLC. Under VERNALIZATION & FLOWERING, this is the standard explanation you’d use in class: it names the real driver or definition, while the rest are nearby but wrong. Not these: A) Activating FLC; C) Degrading FT protein; D) Repressing SOC1. When two options sound similar, choose the one that matches the textbook definition most tightly.