The Location of the Pericycle Is Best Described as

question 29

Multiple Choice

The location of the pericycle is best described as

• A) a band wrapped around cells of the endodermis.
• B) just beneath the epidermis.
• C) adjacent to the shoot apical meristem.
• D) the outermost layer of the root vascular cylinder.
• E) between layers of primary xylem and primary phloem.

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