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10.Biotechnology and its Application
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Pollen grains of a plant, whose $2 n=28$, are cultured to get callus by tissue culture method. What would be the number of chromosomes in the cells of the callus?

A

$28$

B

$21$

C

$14$

D

$56$

Solution

Haploid plants may be obtained from pollen grains by placing anthers or isolated pollen grains on a suitable culture medium. Thus, the number of the chromosomes in the cells of the callus for the given case will be $14$ .

Standard 12
Biology

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