BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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ISBN: 9781260670929
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 22, Problem 13WIO
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The three types of tropisms and the hormone that is common to all three types of tropisms.

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The tropism is defined as the orientation of a plant part towards or away from a stimulus such as light, gravity, or touch. All the tropisms result in from differential growth, in which one side of the responding organ grows faster than the other.

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