Stabilized natural selection

Favor intermediate phenotype but eliminate lower and higher-grade phenotype

It introduced homogeneity in the population

Exp - clutch size of birds that lay too many or too few eggs per nest have lower fitness values than do those that lay an intermediate number of eggs

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In somatic embryogenesis, a somatic embryo (SE) is derived from a somatic cell, other than zygote.

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Artificial seeds are produced by encapsulating somatic embryos in calcium alginate gel.

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Chromosome doubling of haploid plants produced by anther culture generates homozygous lines.

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Haploid plants can be produced in large numbers by anther and ovary cultures and from interspecific crosses.

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In protoplast fusion, protoplasts of desired strains/species are mixed in almost equal proportion by PEG induced, electrofusion and high pH-high Ca²⁺ treatments.

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Release of phenolic compounds from the cut surfaces of explants causes browning of tissue culture medium.