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Pollen grains of a plant whose 2n = 8 are cultured to get callus by tissue culture method. What would be the number of chromosomes in the cells of the callus ?

A

56

B

28

C

21

D

14

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Pollen grains of a plant (2n=8) are cultured to get callus by tissue culture. The number of chromosomes in the cells of callus would be 14 as pollen grains are haploid.
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