A heterokaryon or somatic hybrid is

Cell containing two genetically identical nuclei

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Cell containing two genetically different nuclei

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Cell containing a single, large nucleus

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Cell containing two genetically different nuclei
A heterokaryon or a somatic hybrid is a cell that contains two or more nuclei from different origins.

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	I		II
1.	Totipotency	(a)	Breeding crops with higher levels of nutrients
2.	Micropropagation	(b)	Plant grown from hybrid protoplast
3.	Somaclone	(c)	Producing large number of plants through tissue culture
4.	Somatic hybrid	(d)	Capacity to gene rate a whole plant from an explant
5.	Biofortification	(e)	Plants genetically identical to original plant