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camila

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on: Jul 3, 2013
Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than are animals because
A) plant genes do not contain introns.
B) more vectors are available for transferring recombinant DNA into plant cells.
C) a somatic plant cell can often give rise to a complete plant.
D) genes can be inserted into plant cells by microinjection.
E) plant cells have larger nuclei.


Jesse_J

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Reply #1 on: Jul 4, 2013
It's definitely C, good luck with the rest.


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Reply #2 on: Aug 8, 2013
Thanks Jesse !


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