Strategies-For-Enhancement-In-Food-Production Question 590

Question: What is a clone?

Options:

A) A heterozygote produced by sexual means.

B) A homozygote produced by asexual means.

C) A heterozygote produced by asexual means.

D) A homozygote produced by sexual means.

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

[b] In biology and agriculture, clone is defined as any organism whose genetic information is identical to that of a parent organism from which it was created.

Natural reproductive processes producing clones include parthenogenesis and apomixis.