What route is being followed by water that moves through living cells in a root?

a. the symplastic and epidermal pathways
b. the transmembrane and apoplastic pathways
c. the transmembrane and symplastic pathways
d. the apoplastic and epidermal pathways


Answer: c. the transmembrane and symplastic pathways

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