Comment on the genetic nature of embryos produced through apomixis. Can they be called clones?

Why are the offspring produced by asexual reproduction also called clones?

Read the following statements about asexual reproduction and select the correct ones. (i) It involves a single parent. (ii) It is slower than sexual reproduction. (iii) It produces progeny that are genetically identical with the parent but not with one another. (iv) The progeny of asexual reproduction can be termed as clones.

Read the following statements (i) Birth control pills are likely to cause cardiovascular problems (ii) A women who substitutes or takes the place of the real mother to nurse the embryo is called surrogate mother (iii) Numerous children have been produced by in vitro fertilisation but with some abnormalities (iv) Women plays a key role in the continuity of the family and human species (v) Foetal sex determinatio test should not be banned Which of the following pair consists of incorrect statements

Read the given statements and select the correct option Statement 1 : Transfer of an ovum collected from a donor into the Fallopian tube of another female who cannot produce an ovum, is called as GIFT Statement 2 : Transfer of early embryos with upto 8 blastomeres into the Fallopian tube of the female, is called ZIFT.

The morphologically and genetically identical offsprings produced by asexual reproduction are called .......

Read the given statements and select the correct option Statement 1 : Physiological capacity of organisms to produce off spring under natural conditions is called as reproductive potential Statement 2 : Minimum number of individuals which an environment can sustin is referred to as its carrying capacity

Which two of the following statements are incorrect regarding in vitro fertilisation ? (i) In this method, ova from the wife/donor female and sperms from the husband/donor male are induced to form zygote in the uterus (ii) If the embryo is having 2 blastomeres, it is transferred into the uterus (iii) If the embryo is with more than 8 blastomeres, it is transferred into the uterus. (iv) The baby thus produced is called test tube baby.

Study the following statements regarding recombinant DNA technology and select the incorrect ones. (i) Taq polymerase extends the primers using the nucleotides provided in the reaction. (ii) Antibiotic resistance genes are considered as desirable genes in recombinant DNA technology. (iii) DNA fragments are separated according to their charge only, in agarose gel electrophoresis. (iv) Transformation is a procedure through which a piece of DNA is integrated in to the genome of a host bacterium. (v) To produce higher yields of a desired protein, host cells can be multiplied in a continuous culture. (vi) Downstream processing is one of the steps of polymerase chain reaction.

Correct the statements, if required by changing the underlined word (s) The genetically superior individuals are called clones.