Campbell Biology in Focus
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ISBN: 9780134710679
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 30, Problem 13TYU
FOCUS ON EVOLUTION
With respect to sexual reproduction, some plant species are fully self-fertile, others are fully self-incompatible, and some exhibit a “mixed strategy” with partial self-incompatibility. These reproductive strategies differ in their implications for evolutionary potential. How might these three strategies fare in a small founder population
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Ch. 30.1 - WHAT IF? If flowers had shorter styles, pollen...Ch. 30.1 - WHAT IF? In some species, sepals look like petals,...Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 30.2 - Self-fertilization, or selfing, seems to have...Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 30.3 - Why does Bt maize have less fumonisin than non-GM...Ch. 30.3 - WHAT IF? In a few species, chloroplast genes are...Ch. 30 - A seed develops from an A. ovum B. embryo. C....
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