Plant cells permit ions and small molecules to move between adjacent cells by means of cytoplasmic channels in their

cell walls known as ____.



a. gap junctions
b. plasmodesmata
c. desmosomes
d. cell junctions
e. tonoplasts


ANSWER: b

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