You may have heard about Kopi luwak coffee, produced from coffee beans collected after passing through the digestive tracts of animals known as civets. Why might the coffee plant have developed fruit that would be ingested by civets?
Select all correct choices.
A. Passing through the civet digestive tract
causes vernalization of coffee seeds.
B. Passing through the civet digestive tract
helps in the dispersal of coffee seeds.
C. Passing through the civet digestive tract
activates the photoreceptors of coffee seeds.
D. Passing through the civet digestive tract
helps coffee seeds germinate.
B,D
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