Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2009

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    Pollen grains of a plant whose\[2n=28\]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

    Correct Answer: C

    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 given case will be 14.


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