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A-LevelBiologyTransport in plants9700/12 · May/June 2012 · Q231 Mark

Which row identifies the tissue that contains the Casparian strip and the molecule forming this strip?

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Atissue: cortex, molecule: lignin
Btissue: endodermis, molecule: suberin
Ctissue: epidermis, molecule: cellulose
Dtissue: xylem, molecule: lignin

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B: tissue: endodermis, molecule: suberin

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Transport in plants, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Biology, May/June 2012 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 23.

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