An Ion Moving Across the Root Via the Symplastic Pathway

question 50

Multiple Choice

An ion moving across the root via the symplastic pathway would NOT pass across the:

• A)plasma membrane of the epidermis.
• B)epidermal cell protoplast.
• C)cell walls of the exodermis.
• D)plasmodesmata in the epidermal-cortical cell walls.
• E)endodermis.

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