Multiple choice

Why are plants more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than animals?

  1. Plant genes do not contain introns.

  2. More vectors are available for transferring recombinant DNA into plant cells.

  3. A somatic plant cell can often give rise to a complete plant.

  4. Genes can be inserted into plant cells by microinjection.

  5. Plant cells have larger nuclei.
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Explanation

Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than animals because plant cells are totipotent.

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