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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

  1. A Senescence
  2. B Differentiation
  3. C Dedifferentiation
  4. 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.