In Some Seeds,_____________ Is Used Up in the Formation of the Cotyledons

question 38

Short Answer

In some seeds,_____________ is used up in the formation of the cotyledons.

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Definitions:

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

A French naturalist who proposed an early theory of evolution, suggesting that organisms could pass on traits acquired in their lifetime to their offspring.

Analogies

In biology, structures possessed by different organisms that are superficially similar due to similar function but that do not share a common developmental pathway or structure.

Homologies

In biology, structures possessed by two different organisms that arise in similar fashion and pass through similar stages during embryonic development, although they may have different functions.

Polygenetic Inheritance

A pattern of inheritance involving multiple genes, contributing to the phenotype of an organism, often seen in traits such as height and skin color.