Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Why are haploids better for mutation studies, since every mutation, recessive or dominant, is expressed in them?

Correct answer B. There is only one allele of each gene in each cell

Explanation

A haploid cell carries only one allele of each gene, so a recessive mutation is not masked by a dominant partner and shows immediately.

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