In the Late 1870s Charles Darwin and His Son Francis

question 77

Multiple Choice

In the late 1870s Charles Darwin and his son Francis discovered that if the tip of the grass was covered,phototropism did not occur,even though the rest of the grass was exposed to light.However,if the rest of the plant was covered and only the tip exposed to light the grass bent a few centimeters below the tip.Which of the following was sensing the light?

• A)Auxin producing cells in the tip of the grass
• B)Auxin detecting cells in the tip of the grass
• C)Auxin producing cells a few centimeters below the tip of the grass
• D)Auxin detecting cells a few centimeters below the tip of the grass

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