Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 29, Problem 4SQ
In flowers, the structures that produce male and female gametophytes are called _____ and________
- a. pollen grains; flowers
- b. stamens; carpels
- c. anthers; stigma
- d. megaspores; microspores
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