You have discovered a new species of plant with flowers that are either purple or white. Assume that you have enough sequence information for the purple pigment gene to design primers for PCR amplification of a specific region of the gene. You extract genomic DNA from purple flowers and white flowers and perform PCR. After gel electrophoresis of the PCR products, you find that you have amplified a 200 bp fragment from the purple flower. In contrast, using the same PCR primers, you amplify a 500 bp fragment from the white flower. Provide an explanation for these results.

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The Answer of You have discovered a new species of plant with flowers that are either purple or white. Assume that you have enough sequence information for the purple pigment gene to design primers for PCR amplification of a specific region of the gene. You extract genomic DNA from purple flowers and white flowers and perform PCR. After gel electrophoresis of the PCR products, you find that you have amplified a 200 bp fragment from the purple flower. In contrast, using the same PCR primers, you amplify a 500 bp fragment from the white flower. Provide an explanation for these results.

You Have Discovered a New Species of Plant with Flowers