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What Is the Difference Between Acclimatization and Adaptation? Explain How

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What is the difference between acclimatization and adaptation? Explain how you test whether a trait is due to one or the other,and give a reliable example of each.


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Cotyledons

The primary leaves of a seedling, emerging from the embryo of a seed, important for the initial photosynthesis and nutrient absorption in many plants.

Eudicot

A major group of flowering plants that are characterized by having two seed leaves or cotyledons upon germination.

Integuments

Layers of protective tissues surrounding the ovules of plants, which develop into the seed coat upon fertilization.

Accessory Fruit

A fruit consisting primarily of tissue other than ovary tissue (e.g., apple, pear). Compare with aggregate, simple, and multiple fruits.

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