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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Hunger and malnutrition are urgent problems for many poor countries, yet plant biologists in wealthy nations have focused most of their research efforts on Arabidopsis thaliana. Some people have argued that if plant biologists are truly concerned about fighting world hunger, they should study cassava and plantain beeause these twe crops are staples for many of the world's poor. If you were an Arabidopsis researcher, how might you respond to this argument?
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Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 35.1 - WHAT IF? If humans were photoautotrophs, making...Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 35.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 35.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 35.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 35.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 35.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 35.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 35.4 - A sign is hammered into a tree 2 m from the tree's...
Ch. 35.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 35.4 - Would you expect a tropical tree to have distinct...Ch. 35.4 - Prob. 4CCCh. 35.5 - How can two cells in a plant have vastly different...Ch. 35.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 35.5 - Prob. 3CCCh. 35 - Prob. 35.1CRCh. 35 - Prob. 35.2CRCh. 35 - Prob. 35.3CRCh. 35 - Whht advantages did plants gain from the evolution...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.5CRCh. 35 - Most of the growth of a plant body is the result...Ch. 35 - Prob. 2TYUCh. 35 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 35 - The phase change of an apical meristem from the...Ch. 35 - Supposc a flower had normal expression of genes A...Ch. 35 - Prob. 6TYUCh. 35 - Which of the following would not be seen in a...Ch. 35 - Prob. 8TYUCh. 35 - EVOLUTION CONNECTION Evolutionary biologists have...Ch. 35 - SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Grasslands typically do not...Ch. 35 - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Hunger and...Ch. 35 - WRITE ABOUT A THEME: ORGANIZATION In a short essay...Ch. 35 - Prob. 13TYU
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