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NEET 2026, Biology Q35: Plant Growth

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Q.

Heterophyllous development in response to environment is an example of which of the following phenomena?

  1. A

    Redifferentiation

  2. B

    Elasticity

  3. C

    Dedifferentiation

  4. D

    Plasticity

Solution

The ability of plants to follow different developmental pathways in response to environment or life phases, producing different kinds of structures, is called plasticity. Heterophylly in cotton, coriander and larkspur is a typical example.

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