Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (6th Edition) (Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134555430
Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 26, Problem 7LTB
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Sugar and other dissolved nutrients move in phloem tissue of a plant. The phloem sap always flows from a region with a high sugar source concentration to a sink, which is a low concentration region. As a result of which, the cell sap can proceed in any direction.
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