Petunias normally have purple flowers. Suppose you identify a recessive mutant that has white flowers, and another student in class also identifies a recessive mutant with white flowers. How would you determine whether your two mutants have defects in the same gene or different genes?

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Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.