BROOKER BIOLOGY
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Author: BROOKER
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Introduction: The Streptophyta includes green algae having range from unicellular to complex multicellular which are found in moist habitat or freshwater. The cells of streptophyte algae contain plasmodesmata which allow the passage of molecules and ions from one cell to another.
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In mosses, the leaves are very primitive because:
O a.
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