NEET · Biology · STD 11 - 13. Plant growth and development
In tissue culture experiments, leaf mesophyll cells are put in a culture medium to form callus. This phenomenon may be called as
- A Senescence
- B Differentiation
- C Dedifferentiation
- D Development
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(C) Dedifferentiation
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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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