Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
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Author: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
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Chapter 38, Problem 7TYU
The black dots that cover strawberries are actually fruits formed from the separate carpels of a single flower. The fleshy and tasty portion of a strawberry derives from the receptacle of a flower with many separate carpels. Therefore, a strawberry is
- (A) a simple fruit with many seeds.
- (B) both a multiple fruit and an accessory fruit.
- (C) both a simple fruit and an aggregate fruit.
- (D) both an aggregate fruit and an accessory fruit.
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Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
Ch. 38.1 - Distinguish between pollination and fertilization.Ch. 38.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 38.1 - Prob. 4CCCh. 38.2 - What are three ways that flowering plants avoid...Ch. 38.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 38.3 - Compare traditional plant-breeding methods with...Ch. 38.3 - Why does Bt maize have less fumonisin than non-GM...Ch. 38.3 - WHAT IF? In a few species, chloroplast genes are...
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