Which of the Following Is Not One of the Benefits

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not one of the benefits that plants receive from a branching independent sporophyte?

• A) Advantages in competition for light for photosynthesis
• B) The ability to evolve microphylls
• C) The ability to evolve macrophylls, which increase photosynthetic ability
• D) The ability of the sporophyte to live in a different environment from that of the gametophyte
• E) A capacity for the gametophyte to grow much larger

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