Both plants and Echinoderms have vessel like element that move water (plants have xylem, Echinoderms have a water vascular system). Is there ever a point (and if so, when and why) that xylem moves sugars? And is this a case of convergent or coevolution in terms of the vessels?

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Both plants and Echinoderms have vessel like element that move water (plants have xylem,
Echinoderms have a water vascular system).
Is there ever a point (and if so, when and why) that xylem moves sugars? And is this a case of
convergent or coevolution in terms of the vessels?
Transcribed Image Text:Both plants and Echinoderms have vessel like element that move water (plants have xylem, Echinoderms have a water vascular system). Is there ever a point (and if so, when and why) that xylem moves sugars? And is this a case of convergent or coevolution in terms of the vessels?
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