What structural features of guard cells foster their ability to form anopen pore in plant epidermal surfaces?a. thickened inner cell walls and radially oriented microfibrilsb. thickened outer cell walls and radially oriented microfibrilsc. thickened inner cell walls and longitudinal microfibrilsd. thickened outer cell walls and longitudinal microfibrilse. uniform thickness of cell walls and randomly arrangedmicrofibrils

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Problem 1VCQ: Figure 30.7 Which layers of the stem are made of parenchyma cells? cortex and pith epidermis...
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What structural features of guard cells foster their ability to form an
open pore in plant epidermal surfaces?
a. thickened inner cell walls and radially oriented microfibrils
b. thickened outer cell walls and radially oriented microfibrils
c. thickened inner cell walls and longitudinal microfibrils
d. thickened outer cell walls and longitudinal microfibrils
e. uniform thickness of cell walls and randomly arranged
microfibrils

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