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Androgenic haploids are:

  1. more resistant to disease than their diploid counterparts

  2. useful material for studying the effect of mutations

  3. used to obtain homozygous plants for a number of traits

  4. all of the above
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Explanation

Androgenic haploids are produced via anther or pollen culture. They are highly valuable in breeding because they can be doubled to create homozygous lines, are useful for mutation studies, and reveal recessive traits.

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