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| Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 7. Gene Mutations Mutational Analysis Figure 7-31. Somatic mutation in the red delicious apple. The mutant allele determining the golden color arose in a flower's ovary wall, which eventually developed into the fleshy part of the apple. The seeds would not be mutant and would give rise to red-appled trees. (Note that, in fact, the golden delicious apple originally arose as a mutant branch on a red delicious tree.) (Anthony Griffiths)

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