ECOL 170C1 Lecture 10: 10-angiospermphylogeny
7 Feb 2017
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Why is it good to eat plants- Requires less land to grow plants to feed people than to grow plants to feed animals to feed people. High proportion of fruits and veggies in diet are good for you. Plants are mostly made of cellulose (cell walls) and mostly produce carbs from photosynthesis. And produce things that may not be great for humans. You can"t eat just leaves as a diet or you"ll starve. But good source of fiber and other nutrients. Good for losing weight but not good for keeping people. Mostly eat the fruit of the plant alive. Fruit refers to the fleshy tissue surrounding the seed after fertilization (in plant biology)- Foods that are considered fruit are also vegetables. Tomatoes, eggplant, pepper, whole ear of corn, avocado, cucumbers, squash. Many things are modified in order for us to eat them. Modify them to make similar to relative ancestors (powerpoint for info on.
