Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 32, Problem 5U
The early evolution of terrestrial plants was made possible by mycorrhizal relationships with the
a. Zygomycetes.
b. Glomeromycota.
c. Ascomycota.
d. Basidiomycota.
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