BIOLOGY
BIOLOGY
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Author: Raven
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 35, Problem 1A
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Introduction: Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of kingdom Plantae. Plant growth is an outcome of cell, new cell enlargement and their differentiation into different tissue types. These growth processes are accompanied by an increase in the dry weight of growing parts and a permanent change in the size.

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