Biology: Life on Earth Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 2AC
Only a few hundred of the more than 200,000 species of plants have been domesticated for human use. One example is the almond. The domestic almond is nutritious and harmless, but its wild precursor can cause cyanide poisoning. The oak makes potentially nutritious seeds (acorns) that contain very bitter-tasting tannins. If we could breed the tannin out of acorns, they might become a delicacy. Why do you
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Biology: Life on Earth Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
Ch. 22 - In an alternation of generations life cycle,...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2MCCh. 22 - Prob. 3MCCh. 22 - 4. In which of the following is the gametophyte...Ch. 22 - Prob. 5MCCh. 22 - 1. Scientists hypothesize that the ancestors of...Ch. 22 - Plant adaptations to life on land include a(n)...Ch. 22 - 3. Seedless vascular plants must reproduce when...Ch. 22 - 4. Three groups of nonvascular plants are _______,...Ch. 22 - 1. What is meant by “alternation of generations”?...
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