You Are Studying a Plant from the Amazon Rain Forest

question 28

Multiple Choice

You are studying a plant from the Amazon rain forest that shows strong self-incompatibility. To characterize this reproductive mechanism, you would look for

• A) ribonuclease (RNAase) activity in stigma cells.
• B) RNA in the plants.
• C) pollen grains with very thick walls.
• D) carpels that cannot produce eggs by meiosis.
• E) systems of wind, but not insect, pollination.

Acknowledge the role of protists in human diseases and their treatment.

Explain the ecological significance of protists in energy transfer and as primary producers in ecosystems.

Understand the significance of genetic diversity in protist survival and evolution.

Distinguish between true statements and common misconceptions about protist biology and life processes.