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Why the tip of a plant is used for tissue culture?

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Tips of plants are generally used for tissue culture as they are rich in a group of undifferentiated cells that are capable of rapid division. (0.5 mark)
These cells divide when transferred to a nutrient medium to give rise to an unorganised mass of cells called the callus. (1 mark)
They do not posses sclerenchyma cells(dead cells that do not divide). (0.5 mark)

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