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

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


D. capable of responding to signals that trigger a fate change; is committed to a specific developmental fate; phase change

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