Suppose that a plant normally grows large fleshy leaves in the absence of water stress. In low moisture conditions, that same plant species grows small thin leaves that are more resistant to desiccation. This observation would be an illustration of the principle of
A) plasticity.
B) parallel phenotypic evolution.
C) heterochrony.
D) homoplasy.
E) modularity

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The observation of the plant growing different types of leaves in different environmental conditions is an example of plasticity, which refers to an organism's ability to produce different phenotypes in response to different environmental conditions.

Suppose That a Plant Normally Grows Large Fleshy Leaves in the Absence