One Major Potential Benefit Resulting from Protoplast Fusion Experiments in Agriculturally

question 77

Multiple Choice

One major potential benefit resulting from protoplast fusion experiments in agriculturally relevant species is

• A) there is an increased potential of hopeful mutants.
• B) species that are normally sexually incompatible can sometimes be successfully fused. producing offspring with traits of both parent species.
• C) many new species can be produced in a short period of time.
• D) deleterious traits are often removed by this process.
• E) genetically unrelated species can be successfully combined to produce new species with much larger genomes and adaptive potentials.

---

Definitions:

Golgi Apparatus

An organelle involved in the modification, sorting, and packaging of proteins and lipids for secretion or use within the cell.

Vesicles

Vesicles are small, fluid-filled sacs or bladders within or on the surface of cells, involved in transport, storage, or digestion activities.

ER

Endoplasmic reticulum, a network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, involved in protein and lipid synthesis.

Chromatin

Chromatin is the complex of DNA and proteins that forms chromosomes within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.