What reproductive advantage do fruits give a flowering plant?
What will be an ideal response?
They protect the seeds and may entice an animal into eating the fruit. If the seeds can survive the trip through the animal's digestive tract, then the fruit will facilitate seed dispersal. Fruits can also be in the form of burrs, parachutes, etc., for other types of seed dispersal.
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Four of the five answers listed below belong to the same category of structures. Select the exception
a. blastocyst b. amnion c. allantois d. yolk sac e. chorion
Imaginal discs are:a
found in mammalian cells and control gene activation in mature somatic cells. b. paired groups of undifferentiated cells that are precursors of adult structures in Drosophila. c. found in plant cells and assist in the development of the flower. d. part of the salivary gland of Drosophila. e. found in Drosophila ovary cells and represent inactivated X chromosomes.
The first members of classes Osteichthyes and Chondrichthyes appeared in the __________ period
a. Permian b. Paleozoic c. Devonian d. Jurassic e. Cretaceous
From the perspective of inclusive fitness, a diploid individual would be more likely to perform an altruistic act for a cousin than for a half-sibling.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)