Changing day length, as well as variations in precipitation and temperature, are environmental cues

that exert an important influence on:
a. the kinds of genes a plant has.
b. the number of mutations that genes undergo.
c. whether a plant is an annual, biennial, or perennial.
d. which genes will be expressed in a plant.
e. whether a plant reproduces sexually or asexually.


D

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