The Growth of a New Plant on the Margin of a Leaf

question 57

Multiple Choice

The growth of a new plant on the margin of a leaf that eventually falls to the ground and grows independently is an example of ____.

• A) fragmentation
• B) protoplast fusion
• C) somaclonal selection
• D) grafting
• E) apomixes

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