Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 31, Problem 3CCQ
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The reason why flowers occur in a diversity of shapes and color despite having a single common ancestor
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The immense beauty of flower has mesmerized scientists, gardeners, artists as well as the poets.
Flowering plants evolved from a common ancestor, yet flowers have so much variety in the shapes and colors which cannot be described by their evolutionary history.
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Theophrastus of Lesbos, Aristotle’s successor as head of the Lyceum, improved upon Aristotle’s
botany by classifying all monocotyledons as flowering plants with:
two seed-leaves in the embryo, branching leaf veins, and flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5
one seed-leaf in the embryo, branching leaf veins, and flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5
one seed-leaf in the embryo, parallel leaf veins, and flower parts in multiples of 3 or 6
two seed-leaves in the embryo, parallel leaf veins, and flower parts in multiples of 3 or 6
two seed-leaves in the embryo, branching leaf veins, and flower parts in multiples of 3 or 6
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Principles of Biology
Ch. 31.1 - Prob. 1BCCh. 31.1 - What advantages do flowering plants obtain by...Ch. 31.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 31.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 31.1 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 31.1 - What is a unique combination of reproductive...Ch. 31.2 - What inference can you draw from the observation...Ch. 31.2 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 31.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 31.3 - Prob. 2CC
Ch. 31.3 - Prob. 1BCCh. 31.3 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 31.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 31.4 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 31.5 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 31 - Where do the pollen grams of flowering plants...Ch. 31 - Prob. 2TYCh. 31 - Where would you find female gametophytes of a...Ch. 31 - Prob. 4TYCh. 31 - Prob. 5TYCh. 31 - Prob. 6TYCh. 31 - Prob. 7TYCh. 31 - Prob. 8TYCh. 31 - Prob. 9TYCh. 31 - Why are pollen grain walls composed of...Ch. 31 - Prob. 2CCQCh. 31 - Prob. 3CCQCh. 31 - Prob. 1CBQ
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