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Why are plants obtained by protoplast culture called somatic hybrids ?

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Plants obtained by protoplast cultrure are called somatic hybrids bacause they are formed by the fusion of isolated protoplasts from two different varieties of plants, each having a desirable character, to obtain a hybrid protoplast which can be further grown to from a plant.
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