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Given below are a few statements regarding somatic hybridisation. Choose the correct statements.
(i) Protoplasts of different cells of the same plant are fused.
(ii) Protoplasts from cells of different species can be fused.
(iii) Treatment of cells with cellulase and pectinase is mandatory
(iv) The hybrid protoplast contains characters of only one parental protoplast.

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(i) and (iii)
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(i) and (ii)
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(i) and (iv)
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(ii) and (iii)
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Solution

The correct option is D (ii) and (iii)
Somatic hybridisation is a process which allows the manipulation of cellular genomes by protoplast fusion of cells of different species. Their protoplast can be isolated by treating cells with digesting enzymes.
So, the correct option is 'Option D' .

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