Variations observed during tissue culture of some plants are known as

Clonal variations

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Somaclonal variations

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Somatic variations

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Tissue culture variations

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The correct option is B Somaclonal variations
Variations observed during tissue culture of some plants are known as somaclonal variations. Chromosomal rearrangements are an important source of this variation. The process like polyploidy, structural changes like deletion, duplication etc are the major cause of somaclonal variations. It helps in crop improvement, increased production of secondary metabolite, increases high salt concentration.
So, the correct answer is option B.

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Q. Assertion: Somaclonal variations produce slight differences in plant.
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Q. The plants developed by tissue culture of a specific plant tissue or part are known as ________.

(a) What is tissue culture?
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(c) Why is variation during reproduction beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?

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