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The characters of normal Teosinte plant are unbranched, the same branch has female and male flowers, hard glume, and kernels. Maize has exactly opposite characters such as it is branched, has male inflorescence on its central branch, and female inflorescences on axillary branches. In addition, it has rows of kernels and soft glumes. A cross between cultivated maize and wild teosinte results in fully fertile
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Since plants and animals have evolved from a common unicellular ancestor, multicellularity in plants and animals has evolved independently. The cell wall encases the plant cell and necessarily restricts them in the location of origin. The organs that are generated by pluripotent cells are added to the plants throughout their lifetime. Since plants are immobile, they need to change their developmental program according to environmental changes. So, plants with identical genotype may show variations according to the surrounding environment.
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