Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 30.1, Problem 1CC
WHAT IF? If flowers had shorter styles, pollen tubes would more easily reach the embryo sac. Suggest an explanation for why very long styles have evolved in most flowering plants.
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Using just the 'ABC model' of floral development what would you need to change in terms of genes or gene expression to get male only flowers, but still have 3 different floral whorls in total? Then what would you need to change to get female flowers and again have three different floral whorls in total?
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Flowers are how angiosperms reproduce. A whorl of sepals (corolla) is at the base of the flower, followed by a whorl of petals (calyx). Inside the flower is a female organ known as a carpel and it is made of a stigma, style, and ovary. The male organ is the stamen and it is made of an anther and filament.
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Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
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....
Ch. 30 - A fruit is a A. mature ovary. B. B . mature ovule....Ch. 30 - Double fertilization means that A. flowers must be...Ch. 30 - Golden Rice A. is resistant to various herbicides,...Ch. 30 - Which statement concerning grafting is correct? A....Ch. 30 - Some dioecious species have the XY genotype for...Ch. 30 - A small flower with green petals is most likely A....Ch. 30 - The pollen produced by wind-pollinated plants is...Ch. 30 - The black dots that cover strawberries are...Ch. 30 - DRAW IT Draw a flower and label the parts.Ch. 30 - SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Critics of GM foods have argued...Ch. 30 - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY People have...Ch. 30 - FOCUS ON EVOLUTION With respect to sexual...Ch. 30 - FOCUS ON ORGANIZATION In a short essay (100-150...Ch. 30 - SYNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE This colorized SEM shows...
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