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
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 38, Problem 9TYK
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Introduction: Asexual reproduction is a process that helps the plants to produce copies of themselves that are genetically identical. Asexual reproduction is considered as an extension of unspecified growth of plants in which there is indefinite growth of meristematic tissues and division and differentiation of parenchyma cells into specialized cells.
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