Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321939050
Author: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 38, Problem 1TYU
A fruit is
- (A) a mature ovary.
- (B) a mature ovule.
- (C) a seed plus its integuments.
- (D) an enlarged embryo sac.
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Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
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