Which Statement About Venation Is INCORRECT

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which statement about venation is INCORRECT?

• A) Venation refers to arrangement of the veins within a leaf.
• B) Venation patterns include pinnate, palmate and dichotomous.
• C) Some flowering plants have leaves that lack venation even though the stems and roots have vascular bundles.
• D) In general, monocots exhibit parallel venation.
• E) Venation is important for delivering water to leaf cells and taking sugars to the stem.

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Definitions:

Stabilizing Selection

Natural selection that acts against extreme phenotypes and favors intermediate variants; associated with a population well adapted to its environment. Compare with directional selection and disruptive selection.

Natural Selection

The process by which individuals with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, driving the evolution of species.

Population

A collection of the same species individuals who live in a specified area and breed among themselves.

Hardy-Weinberg Principle

A principle stating that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences.