What Might Be the Advantage of Seeds with a Dormant

question 38

Multiple Choice

What might be the advantage of seeds with a dormant but viable state?

• A) It insures the continuity of the species through time.
• B) It protects seeds during unfavorable conditions.
• C) It reduces the chance of selective pressures acting on the seed.
• D) Both a and b
• E) All of the above

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