Studies of a soybean plant (Glycine max) and the bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum have shown that after the bacteria enter the root, cells of the root cortex begin to divide. What is this a response to?

a. to a flavonoid released by soybean roots
b. to nod gene products produced by soybean roots
c. to nod gene products produced by the bacterium
d. to nitrogen fixation by the bacterium


Ans: c. to nod gene products produced by the bacterium

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