A seedling plant has a section of the stem tip that contains large numbers of cells undergoing mitosis for the purpose of

A. sexual reproduction of gametes, to produce new offspring.
B. fertilization of the gametes in order to produce new offspring.
C. growth in height of the plant.
D. asexual reproduction of gametes, to produce new offspring.
E. replication of the DNA in the stem, where new flowers will go through meiosis.


C. growth in height of the plant.

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