Botany · Biotechnology
NEET (UG) 2023 — Question 165
In tissue culture experiments, leaf mesophyll cells are put in a culture medium to form callus. This phenomenon may be called as
- Option A:Correct
Dedifferentiation
- Option B:
Development
- Option C:
Senescence
- Option D:
Differentiation
Answer: A
Step-by-step solution
In tissue culture experiments, leaf mesophyll cells are put in a culture medium to form callus. This phenomenon may be called as dedifferentiation. Dedifferentiation is a phenomenon by which the living differentiated plant cells, that by now have lost the capacity to divide can regain the capacity of division under certain conditions.
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- Exam
- NEET (UG) 2023
- Paper
- 2023 paper
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Biotechnology
- Topic
- Tissue Culture