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APBIO142-030 with labs S17 - CollegeBoard* AP Exam Prep: Multiple Choice
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A tobacco plant can be made to express a gene from fireflies, resulting in the emission of light. Which of the following is the basis for this phenomenon?
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A.Fireflies and tobacco plants are infected by the same kinds of bacteria.
B.Fireflies and tobacco plants share a recent common ancestor.
C.Most enzymes in fireflies have the same amino acid sequence as the enzymes in tobacco plants.
D.Transcription and translation are fundamen-tally similar in both fireflies and tobacco plants.
E.Chloroplasts can be made to produce light if firefly proteins are injected into plant cells.
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The question asks about the basis for why a tobacco plant can be engineered to express a firefly gene and emit light.
Option 1: 'Fireflies and tobacco plants are infected by the same kinds of bacteria.' This is incorrect because bioluminescence via firefly luciferase does not rely on bacterial infection; the light emission comes from the plant expressing the luciferase gene, not from bacteria.
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