When working on barley plants, two researchers independently identify a short-plant mutation and develop homozygous recessive lines of short plants. careful measurements of the height of mutant short plants versus normal tall plants indicate that the two mutant lines have the same height. how would you determine if these two mutant lines carry mutation of the same gene or of different genes?

In the given case, the two scientists are working on a barley plant, independently determined a short plant mutation, and thus, created homozygous recessive lines of short plants. The measurements of the normal tall plants' height in comparison to the mutant short plants were performed carefully, which showed that the two mutant lines were having similar height.  

In order to test whether these two mutant lines are carrying mutation of similar genes or of the distinct genes, complementation test is performed. In the test, it was found that the tall nature is dominant over the short. The complementation test takes place when the two strains of the organism exhibiting different homozygous recessive mutations generate the same phenotype, which is mutant and is also generating the wild type offspring when mated or crossed because of recessive mutation.  

Complementation will take place only when there is a mutation in different genes. In the given case because of the wild type offspring, a complementation test will take place showing mutation of distinct genes. When the two strains are identical, there will be no generation of wild-type offspring because of which complementation test will not take place.  

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a fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis.[1] the age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years.[2] fossil fuels contain high percentages of carbon and include petroleum, coal, and natural gas.[3] other commonly used derivatives include kerosene and propane. fossil fuels range from volatile materials with low carbon to hydrogen ratios like methane, to liquids like petroleum, to nonvolatile materials composed of almost pure carbon, like anthracite coal. methane can be found in hydrocarbon fields either alone, associated with oil, or in the form of methane clathrates.

the theory that fossil fuels formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants by exposure to heat and pressure in the earth's crust over millions of years was first introduced by andreas libavius "in his 1597 alchemia [alchymia]" and later by mikhail lomonosov "as early as 1757 and certainly by 1763".[4] the first use of the term "fossil fuel" was by the german chemist caspar neumann, in english translation in 1759.[5]

in 2017 the world's primary energy sources consisted of petroleum (34%), coal (28%), natural gas (23%), amounting to an 85% share for fossil fuels in primary energy consumption in the world.[6] non-fossil sources in 2006 included nuclear (8.5%), hydroelectric (6.3%), and others (geothermal, solar, tidal, wind, wood, waste) amounting to 0.9%.[7] world energy consumption was growing at about 2.3% per year. in 2015 about 18% of worldwide consumption was from renewable sources.[8]