Oat Seedlings Are Sometimes Used to Study Auxins Because

question 88

Multiple Choice

Oat seedlings are sometimes used to study auxins because

• A) they are a readily accessible monocot, and auxins affect only monocots.
• B) they have a stiff coleoptile.
• C) they green rapidly in the light.
• D) their coleoptile exhibits a strong positive phototropism.
• E) monocots inactivate synthetic auxins.

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Analogous Structures

Features of different species that perform similar functions but have evolved separately, indicating convergent evolution.

Morphological Divergence

The phenomenon where populations or species evolve distinct physical characteristics (morphologies) due to adaptation to different environments or ecological niches.

Cretaceous

The geological period between about 145 and 66 million years ago, the last period of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by the dominance of dinosaurs and the first appearance of flowering plants.