Plants possess many compounds that affect animals. What explains these plant characteristics?

A) Plants have been subject to mutation-causing pollution for many decades.
B) Plants have cell structures that are very different from animal cells.
C) Plants contain chloroplasts that are derived from free-living prokaryotes.
D) Plants that produced chemical defenses were successful against plant-eating animals.


D

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