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geoffrey

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on: Aug 12, 2013
Totipotency is a term used to describe a cell's ability to give rise to a complete new organism. In plants, this means that
A) plant development is not under genetic control.
B) the cells of shoots and the cells of roots have different genes.
C) cell differentiation depends largely on the control of gene expression.
D) a cell's environment has no effect on its differentiation.
E) sexual reproduction is not necessary in plants.


aero

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Reply #1 on: Sep 2, 2013
Most likely C, we did this yesterday.


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