The recessive genes that make a carrot orange

PHYSorg
Sep 28, 2023, 11:00 am138 pts
A new study of the genetic blueprints of more than 600 types of carrot shows that three specific genes are required to give carrots an orange color. Surprisingly, these three required genes all need to be recessive, or turned off. The paper's findings shed light on the traits important to carrot improvement…

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