Biology: Life on Earth Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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Chapter 22, Problem 4RQ
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The algal group, from which the plants are supposed to be evolved and the evidence found to support this hypothesis.
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The plants are the multicellular eukaryotes, which belong to the kingdom Plantae. They are supposed to be evolved from the algal groups. The green algae are found to be the possible ancestors of the plants.
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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”?...
Ch. 22 - 2. Explain the evolutionary changes in plant...Ch. 22 - Describe evolutionary trends in the life cycles of...Ch. 22 - Prob. 4RQCh. 22 - List the structural adaptations necessary for the...Ch. 22 - The number of species of flowering plants is...Ch. 22 - List the adaptations of gymnosperms that have...Ch. 22 - What is a pollen grain? What role has it played in...Ch. 22 - The majority of all plants are seed plants. What...Ch. 22 - 1. Prior to the development of synthetic drugs,...Ch. 22 - 2. Only a few hundred of the more than 200,000...
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