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ERIC Number: EJ456408
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
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Teaching the Evolution of the Angiosperm Carpel.
Laferriere, Joseph E.
American Biology Teacher, v54 n6 p362-63 Sep 1992
The carpel is a highly modified leaf enclosing the ovules. This article describes methods for teaching about the evolution of the carpel and the nature of carpel fusion. Presents an illustration of the evolution of the most common types of compound pistil arrangement from the ancestral single-carpel marginal type of placentation. (PR)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Evolution, Higher Education, Plants (Botany), Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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