What Is the Main Advantage of Using the Meristem Culture

question 51

Multiple Choice

What is the main advantage of using the meristem culture technique over other methods of asexual reproduction?

• A) Meristem tissue is virus free
• B) Meristem tissue is the most abundant tissue on the plant
• C) This technique produces exact clones
• D) Other culture techniques are not accepted by the public
• E) This technique is relatively inexpensive to do

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies employed by individuals to cope with reality and maintain self-image by unconsciously denying or distorting reality.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are transformed into their opposite in one's consciousness.

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where uncomfortable thoughts, memories, or desires are pushed out of conscious awareness.

Topographical Model

A Freudian theory in psychology which divides the human mind into the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious parts.