Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 30, Problem 3TYK
For a pine seed, which of the following choices states the number of generations and correctly describes those generations?
- a. two: seed coat and food supply from female gametophyte and the sporophyte embryo
- b. two: seed coat from integument of the parent sporophyte and new sporophyte embryo
- c. three: seed coat from the parent sporophyte, food supply from the gametophyte, and the sporophyte embryo|
- d. three: seed coat from the female gametophyte, food supply from the parent sporophyte, and the sporophyte embryo
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