Question

Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than are animals because ______.

Options

• recombinant genes can be inserted into plant cells by microinjection

• a somatic plant cell can grow into a complete plant

• more vectors are available for transferring recombinant DNA into plant cells

• plant genes do not contain introns

Answer 1

Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than are animals because a somatic plant cell can grow into a complete plant.

Explanation:

Plants are easier to manipulate genetically since a single somatic (body) cell can regenerate into a completely new plant via tissue culture. This makes it possible to create a whole genetically modified plant from a single changed cell.