In the Section "Investigating Life: Heredity and the Hungry Hordes",adult

question 41

Multiple Choice

In the section "Investigating Life: Heredity and the Hungry Hordes",adult female bollworm moths lay eggs on cotton bolls.These eggs then hatch and grow into caterpillars that eat the seeds of the boll.Eggs and sperm produce by

• A)meiosis.
• B)mitosis.
• C)fertilization.
• D)crossing over.
• E)mutation.

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