Biology 2217A/B Midterm: Bio 2217 Test 1
4 Feb 2019
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B is for banana: genus musa, native to india and malaya, perennial monocot (liliopsida, parthenocarpically, artificially induced fruit, cavendish bananas. There"s a very large 54 billion metric tons of bananas produced a year. Indeterminate growth: develop from an embryo (seed plants, no nervous system, alternation of generations, 148 million tons per year, panama disease a plant that infects banana plants. In water: not dry, sperm swims, supported by buoyancy, absorb nutrients, float near surface for light. There are advantages being in an aquatic environment. Fight gravity: need minerals, grow higher for more light, adaptations for dry environments, reproduction differs. It is more complex: roots to anchor and absorb minerals, water transport system, water loss systems, water has to be taken out every cell, pollen and seeds. What is in a name: convolvulus arvensis, bindweed, field bindweed, common bindweed, small bindweed, morning glory, liseron des champs.
