Assertion: Height in pea plants is controlled by efficiency of enzymes and is thus genetically controlled.
Reason: Cellular DNA is the information source for making proteins in the cell.
Answer:
- Height in pea plants is controlled by efficiency of enzymes in plants.
- Plants with more growth hormones being released grow taller than other plants.
- Thus the height of plants is genetically controlled .
- Cellular DNA is the information source for making proteins in the cell.
- These proteins are what carry information for the release of hormones .
Thus, the correct answer is (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
