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Old 29-05-2003, 05:24 AM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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Default first leaves of plants-- thought of as evol.vestiges or

Iris Cohen schreef
They are called cotyledons, or seed leaves. They are the endosperm that

was inside the seed.

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Although I hate to spoil a good religious argument I feel dutybound to point
out that cotyledons are part of the embryo, and have nothing to do with
endosperm. Reserves can be in both the cotyledons and endosperm: this is
correlated with the systematic position of the taxon in question.
PvR