PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY TEXT & CODE
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Author: Pearson
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Chapter 29, Problem 2TYU
Which of the following characteristics of plants is absent in their closest relatives, the charophyte algae?
(A) Chlorophyll b
(B) cellulose in cell walls
(C) sexual reproduction
(D) alternation of multicellular generations
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