This is an example le of commensalism.The burdock seeds benefit and the cow is unharmed.
<span>Functional traits can be shared between organisms with divergent SSU rRNA sequences because functional traits may evolve independently, be shared through horizontal gene transfer, or be lost in divergent lineages.
Functional traits are characteristics that define our behavior.
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1-<span>auxins in the lower sides of stems cause cell elongation that bends the stem upright
2-</span><span>thigmotropism.
3-</span><span>phototropic and gravitropic
4-</span><span>the production of anthocyanin and the breakdown of chlorophyll.
5-</span><span>exposing the plant to a brief period of light in the middle of the night</span>
The removal of the producers would cause the collapse of the entire food web. Primary consumers or herbivores, which feed on producers directly, would die off.