How a plant might use a chemical signal

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Plants often use external signaling to attract animals, ofteninsects, to enhance their survival and / or reproductive success.Describe two distinct ways that a plant might use chemical cues toattract animals to benefit the plant's survival. In oneexample, describe in detail how a plant might use a chemical signalthat recruits an animal in order to improve the plant'sreproductive success. In the second example, describe in detail how a plant might use a chemical signal that recruits an animal to helpaid in plant defense.

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