You are a botanist who is immersed in your attempt to increase a certain property in your plant of study. To that end, you induce a mutation that doubles the amount of vascular cambium (a type of meristem) in your plant. Assuming this brings the desired effect, what exactly was the property that you sought to increase?
A. production of new leaves
B. production of only xylem to make wood
C. production of secondary xylem and phloem
D. production of bark only
E. production of new growth at the tip of stems
Answer: C
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