NEET Biology question

Statement 1 (Assertion): In plant tissue culture, somatic embryos can be induced from any plant cell. Statement 2 (Reason): Any viable plant cell can differentiate into somatic embryos.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

Somatic embryos (embryoids) are non-zygotic, embryo-like structures that can develop in vitro from the somatic cells of virtually any viable plant tissue because such cells retain totipotency, so the assertion that

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