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Question 7

A horticulturist wants to use selective breeding to produce a dahlia plant with large, double-petalled, bright yellow flowers.

The table below shows the characteristics of three different varieties of dahlia plants.

CharacteristicVariety AVariety BVariety C
Flower sizesmalllargelarge
Petal typesingle-petalleddouble-petalledsingle-petalled
Flower colourbright yellowdeep redpale white

Explain which plant varieties the horticulturist should breed together.

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Selective breeding and genetic engineering Questions

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