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Which of the Following Statements About Axillary, Floral, and Shoot

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Which of the following statements about axillary, floral, and shoot apical meristems is TRUE?


A) When a shoot apical meristem (but not an axillary bud) converts to a floral meristem, further development of the whole plant ceases.
B) Axillary buds can only grow out to become new shoots once the shoot apical meristem has been converted into a floral meristem.
C) Shoot apical meristems can revert to vegetative meristem identity after having converted to a floral meristem and producing a flower, but axillary buds that give rise to flowers cannot.
D) In shoot apical meristems that develop into flowers, the arrangement of floral organs is the same as that of the leaves produced earlier, while the floral organs of flowers that develop from axillary buds are free to follow a different arrangement.
E) None of the answer options is correct.

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