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Chapter 29, Problem 6U
Which of the following statements about the pterophytes is accurate?
a. Horsetails and whisk ferns form a single clade.
b. Ferns form a single clade.
c. Whisk ferns have euphylls.
d. All pterophytes have a dominant sporophyte generation.
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1 SEM ACC W/RAVEN CARDED
Ch. 29.1 - Explain the relationship between the different...Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 29.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 29.1 - Prob. 4LOCh. 29.2 - Describe adaptations of bryophytes for life on...Ch. 29.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 29.3 - Evalute the signification of roots, stems, and...Ch. 29.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 29.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 29.5 - Prob. 1LO
Ch. 29.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 29 - Compare the amount of time that passed between the...Ch. 29 - Explain why tracheophytes may have had a selective...Ch. 29 - Which of the following plant structures is NOT...Ch. 29 - Which of the following genera most likely directly...Ch. 29 - Which of the following would NOT be found in a...Ch. 29 - Prob. 4UCh. 29 - Evolutionary innovations that increase desiccation...Ch. 29 - Which of the following statements about the...Ch. 29 - Compare what happens to a spore mother cell as it...Ch. 29 - How could a plant without roots obtain sufficient...Ch. 29 - A major innovation of land plants is embryo...Ch. 29 - In comparing the Selaginella and Physcomitrella...Ch. 29 - Prob. 5ACh. 29 - Identify which of the following statements is...Ch. 29 - You have access to the sequenced genomes for moss...Ch. 29 - Would you expect the sporophyte generation of a...Ch. 29 - Imagine hypothetical moss and fern trees, each 10...
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