If an organism has the same life strategy as a maple tree, the synaptonemal complex will be observed ____

a. only in alternating generations
b. in each generation
c. only in a unicellular haploid phase
d. only in a multicellular haploid phase
e. only in gametophytes


ANSWER: a

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