In the vascular bundles of most dicot stems, primary phloem differentiates toward the ________of the stem, while primary xylem differentiates toward the ________of the stem.  

A.  middle; outside
B.  cork cambium; vascular cambium
C.  outside; middle
D.  shoot tip; roots
E.  middle; middle


C.  outside; middle
In eudicots, the primary vascular tissues are arranged in a ring towards the periphery of the stem. The xylem develops on the inside of this ring while the phloem develops towards the outside of the ring.

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