Predict What Would Occur If You Removed the Shoot Apical

Multiple Choice

Predict what would occur if you removed the shoot apical meristem of a plant embryo.

A) Growth would only occur at in the roots.
B) The plant would grow two or more new shoot apical meristems.
C) The root apical meristem would take over the function of the shoot apical meristem.
D) The plant would mature,but only through vertical growth--no branches would form.