Winter wheat is a flowering plant that normally flowers in the spring after cold exposure. How would winter wheat be affected by a mutation that prevents the production of the small RNA molecules that affect Flowering Locus C?

A. Flowers will not appear or will appear late.
B. Flowers will appear without cold exposure.
C. Flowers will appear earlier than normal.
D. Such a mutation will not affect flowering.


Answer: A

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