... have been shown to posses the genes necessary to synthesize photosynthetic organelles (Haberhausen Et Al. 1992). A few dodders have been found to contain low numbers of chloroplast in leaf-like appendages, but all dodders rely fully on their host plants for nutrient absorption. Recent studies involving the Nicotiana tabacum and the dodder Cuscuta reflexa have shown that not only are water ... ...

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