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If I had several fruit cross-sections in front of me (without the leaves, stem, roots or flower), how could I tell if the fruit was from a monocot or dicot angiosperm?

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The following might be helpful:

http://academic.kellogg.cc.mi.us/herbrandsonc/bio111/seeds_fruits_flowers.htm

http://naturalsciences.sdsu.edu/ta/classes/lab2.6/TG.html

Anthony Brach Ph.D.


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