Assuming the plant survives, predict what would occur if you removed the shoot apical meristem of a plant embryo.

A. The plant would grow two or more new shoot apical meristems.
B. Growth would only occur at in the roots.
C. The plant would mature, but only through vertical growth--no branches would form.
D. The root apical meristem would take over the function of the shoot apical meristem.


Answer: B

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