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Orientation of Paired Leaves in Grapevines and Related Species
SpeciesTotal leaf pairs examinedPairs with opposite-side orientationPairs with same-side orientationRatio of opposite-side orientations to same-side orientations (n to 1)
Vitis labrusca383287962.99
Vitis rupestris3032011021.97
Vitis amurensis207146612.39
Vitis × andersonii10919.00
Many plants have leaves that are larger on one side of their long central axis than the other, a phenomenon known as asymmetrical orientation. University of California, Berkeley biologist Ciera Martinez and colleagues examined several species of grapevines and closely related plants which have leaves that display this asymmetry. They found that in most species examined, the ratio of opposite-side orientations to same-side orientations was       
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the assertion?
A
9.00 to 1, as in the case of Vitis andersonii.
B
2.99 to 1, as in the case of Vitis labrusca.
C
287 to 1, as in the case of Vitis labrusca.
D
10 to 1, as in the case of Vitis andersonii.