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BiologyBiology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)Consider a cherry pit, which is a seed with a cherry embryo inside it. Trace the paternal ancestry of that embryo. Explain how the sperm that fathered the embryo came to unite with the egg, and the process by which that sperm originated.

Consider a cherry pit, which is a seed with a cherry embryo inside it. Trace the paternal ancestry of that embryo. Explain how the sperm that fathered the embryo came to unite with the egg, and the process by which that sperm originated.

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