Plant Growth And Development Ques 72
72. Auxetic growth is
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(a) increase in cell volume only
(b) increase in cell number only
(c) increase in fatty tissue
(d) increase in intercellular material
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Answer : a
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(a) Three types of growth are present in multicellular animals :
(i) Auxetic growth: Increase in cell volume only, not in number.
(ii) Multiplication growth : Increase in number, not in volume.
(iii) Accretionary growth : Growth is due to mitotic division of some special type of cells occurring in specific locations of body.
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