Chapter 7, Problem 3PDQ

Summary Introduction

To contrast:

The life cycle of a plant-like Zea mays with an animal like C.elegans.

Introduction:

The common name of Zea mays is corn. There are two stages in Zea mays, namely vegetative and reproductive stage. In the vegetative stage, emergence, seedling, first internode elongation, ear and tassel initiation, stem elongation, and tassel emergence take place. Whereas in the reproductive stage, silking, ripening, and black layer takes place. Caenorhabditis elegans a transparent, free-living nematode that lives in temperate soil environments. C. elegans comprised of four-stage, namely embryonic stage, larval stage, and adulthood stage.