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Biotechnology and its Applications

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Biology

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Card 1Introduction to Biotechnology

What is biotechnology and what are its three critical research areas?

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Biotechnology is the industrial scale production of biopharmaceuticals and biologicals using genetically modified microbes, fungi, plants and animals. The three critical research areas are: (i) Provid

Card 2Introduction to Biotechnology

What is biotechnology and what are its three critical research areas?

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Biotechnology is the industrial scale production of biopharmaceuticals and biologicals using genetically modified microbes, fungi, plants and animals. The three critical research areas are: (i) Provid

Card 3Tissue Culture

Define totipotency and explain its importance in tissue culture.

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Totipotency is the capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell/explant. This property is crucial in tissue culture as it allows scientists to regenerate complete plants from small plant parts gro

Card 4Tissue Culture

Define totipotency and explain its importance in tissue culture.

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Totipotency is the capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell/explant. This property is crucial in tissue culture as it allows scientists to regenerate complete plants from small plant parts gro

Card 5Tissue Culture

What is micro-propagation and what are somaclones?

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Micro-propagation is the method of producing thousands of plants through tissue culture in very short durations. Somaclones are plants produced through tissue culture that are genetically identical to

Card 6Tissue Culture

What is micro-propagation and what are somaclones?

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Micro-propagation is the method of producing thousands of plants through tissue culture in very short durations. Somaclones are plants produced through tissue culture that are genetically identical to

Card 7Tissue Culture

Explain somatic hybridisation and give an example.

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Somatic hybridisation is the process where isolated protoplasts (cells without cell walls) from two different plant varieties are fused to get hybrid protoplasts, which can be grown to form new hybrid

Card 8Tissue Culture

Explain somatic hybridisation and give an example.

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Somatic hybridisation is the process where isolated protoplasts (cells without cell walls) from two different plant varieties are fused to get hybrid protoplasts, which can be grown to form new hybrid

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