Plants Are More Readily Manipulated by Genetic Engineering Than Are

question 53

Multiple Choice

Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than are animals because ________.

• A) plant genes do not contain introns
• B) more vectors are available for transferring recombinant DNA into plant cells
• C) a somatic plant cell can often give rise to a complete plant
• D) plant cells have larger nuclei

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