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Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
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Chapter 37, Problem 15TYU
Which type of reproduction, sexual or asexual, might be more beneficial in the following circumstances and why? (a) a perennial (plant that lives more than two years) in a stable environment (b) an annual (plant that lives one year) in a rapidly changing environment (c) a plant adapted to an extremely narrow climate range
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Biology (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 37.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 37.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 37.1 - Prob. 1CCh. 37.1 - Prob. 2CCh. 37.1 - Prob. 3CCh. 37.1 - Prob. 4CCh. 37.2 - Compare the evolutionary adaptations that...Ch. 37.2 - Prob. 4LOCh. 37.2 - Prob. 1CCh. 37.2 - Prob. 2C
Ch. 37.2 - Give three examples in which the relationship of a...Ch. 37.3 - Prob. 5LOCh. 37.3 - Prob. 6LOCh. 37.3 - Explain the relationships among ovules, ovaries,...Ch. 37.3 - Distinguish among simple, aggregate, multiple, and...Ch. 37.3 - Prob. 1CCh. 37.3 - What are the main stages of eudicot embryonic...Ch. 37.3 - Prob. 3CCh. 37.3 - Prob. 4CCh. 37.3 - What are some characteristics of animal-dispersed...Ch. 37.4 - Prob. 9LOCh. 37.4 - Prob. 1CCh. 37.4 - How does early seedling development differ in...Ch. 37.5 - Explain how the following structures may be used...Ch. 37.5 - Prob. 11LOCh. 37.5 - How are rhizomes and tubers involved in asexual...Ch. 37.5 - Prob. 2CCh. 37.5 - Prob. 3CCh. 37.6 - Prob. 12LOCh. 37.6 - Prob. 1CCh. 37.6 - Prob. 2CCh. 37 - The normal order of whorls from the flowers...Ch. 37 - Prob. 2TYUCh. 37 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 37 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 37 - The process of _______________ in flowering plants...Ch. 37 - The nutritive tissue in the seeds of flowering...Ch. 37 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 37 - In plants that lack endosperm in their mature...Ch. 37 - Prob. 9TYUCh. 37 - A horizontal underground stem that may or may not...Ch. 37 - Place the following events in the correct order:...Ch. 37 - Prob. 12TYUCh. 37 - Prob. 13TYUCh. 37 - Prob. 14TYUCh. 37 - Which type of reproduction, sexual or asexual,...Ch. 37 - Prob. 16TYUCh. 37 - Prob. 17TYU
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