NEET Biology question

**Statement 1:** Asexual reproduction is more important with regard to biotechnology. **Statement 2:** Asexual reproduction preserves the genetic information, while sexual reproduction permits variations.

(A)Both statements are true and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1Correct
(B)Both statements are true but Statement 2 is not the correct explanation of Statement 1
(C)Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false
(D)Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true

Answer: (A)

Solution

Both statements are true, and Statement 2 correctly explains Statement 1: biotechnological applications (e.g., micropropagation, cloning, maintaining a desired genetically identical product-producing cell line) generally require genetically identical copies of a chosen

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