Question

The sugar in corn is rapidly converted to starch after the corn has been picked. After picking, corn with the Sh2 gene was found to have more sugar and less starch than corn without this gene. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true about corn with this gene?

Answer 1

The statement that is most likely to be true about corn with this gene is that it has no chloroplasts.

The corn with this gene have more sugar and less starch that resulted to faster conversion of sugar to starch and they are best eaten right after harvest.