36. Plant Reproduction

Predict how a mutation that caused continuous production of active p53 would affect the cell.

Consider the following fruits: an acorn, a cherry, a burr, and a dandelion seed. Based on the structure of each of these fruits, predict how the seed is dispersed.

Design a study that would estimate the average distance that each type of seed is dispersed from the parent plant.

One hypothesis for differences between humans and chimpanzees involves differences in gene regulation. A study using RNA-seq showed that the overall patterns of gene expression were similar in the liver and blood of the two species, but the expression patterns were strikingly different in the brain. How do these results relate to the hypothesis?

While walking in the woods, you encounter an unfamiliar nonwoody flowering plant. If you want to know whether it is a monocot or eudicot, it would not help to look at the

a. Number of seed leaves, or cotyledons, present in its seeds

b. Shape of its root system

c. Arrangement of vascular bundles in its stem

d. Size of the plant

What part of a plant are you eating when you consume each of the following?

Celery stalk

Peanut

Strawberry

Lettuce

Beet?