Competence means that a plant is  ________, while determination means that a plant tissue ________. The acquisition of flowering competence is an example of a ________.

A. unresponsive to signals that trigger a fate change; is committed to a specific developmental fate; fate change
B. in the process of responding to signals that trigger a fate change; was driven to adopt an abnormal developmental fate by transgene expression; flowerization
C. capable of responding to signals that trigger a fate change; remains capable of adopting more than one possible developmental fate; phaseolus
D. capable of responding to signals that trigger a fate change; is committed to a specific developmental fate; phase change


Answer: D

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