Plant and animal development share a number of features, but differ in major ways. Which of the following is a key difference between plants and animals?

A) Animals typically produce gametes by meiosis; plants produce gametes by mitosis.
B) Animal cells frequently undergo programmed cell death; plant cells do not.
C) Animal development is controlled by regulatory gene sets such as Hox genes; plants have no similar control systems.
D) Animal gametes are produced only after maturity is reached; plant gametes are produced throughout a plant's lifetime.


Answer: A

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