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Why are the plants raised through micropropagation termed somaclones ?
(b) Mention two advantage of this technique .

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They are formed by fusion of isolated protoplasts from two different varieties of plants, each having a desirable character to obtain hydrid protoplast which can be further used to produce palnts.
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