If You Wanted to Grow a New Plant in the Laboratory

question 73

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to grow a new plant in the laboratory with the appropriate technology,which tissue type would you not start with?

• A)companion cells
• B)parenchyma cells
• C)sieve-tube members
• D)epidermis
• E)meristem

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Definitions:

Polypeptide Chain

A series of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds, forming part of or the whole primary structure of a protein.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it serves as a template for protein synthesis.

Ribosome

A cellular organelle composed of RNA and proteins, found throughout the cytoplasm in cells, which is involved in decoding the mRNA to produce proteins.

Nucleic Acid Bases

The parts of DNA and RNA molecules that carry genetic information, specifically adenine, thymine (in DNA), cytosine, guanine, and uracil (in RNA).