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Under normal growth conditions, why are cyanide-producing clover plants not harmed by cyanide? O The plants are resistant to the toxic effects of cyanide. The plants are able to detoxify the cyanide before it causes damage to the cell. The plants pump the cyanide out of their cells to prevent it from damaging living cells. The cyanide is bound to a sugar molecule, which is a non-toxic form of cyanide. The plants are harmed by the cyanide, but the damage is only minimal so has no real harmful effect on the plant's growth occurs

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Option C:- the plants pump the cyanide out of their cells to prevent it from damaging living cells

Clovers have evolved genes that help the plant produce cyanide — to protect itself against little herbivores, such as snails, slugs and voles, that eat clover.

A cyanogenic glucoside, basically a sugar with a cyanide group stuck onto it, in the cell vacuole, and then in the cell wall there is an enzyme required to hydrolyze the cyanide. If something damages the cell, these two compounds come into contact with each other and free cyanide is released