Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188121
Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 39.2, Problem 1CC
What inference can you draw from the observation that flowers of corn lack showy petals?
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