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#Question id: 10804

Major types of alkaloids, their amino acid precursors, and well-known examples of each type;

Alkaloid class

Biosynthetic precursor

Examples

A. Pyrrolidine

i. Lysine

a. Coniine

B. Tropane

ii. Ornithine

b. Retrorsine

C. Piperidine

c. Lupinine

D. Pyrrolizidine

d. Nicotine

E. Quinolizidine

e. Atropine and Cocaine

Which of the following combination from the given table is correct?

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

A-i-b; B-ii-c; C-ii-d; D-i-a; E-i-e
A-i-c; B-ii-a; C-i-e; D-ii-d; E-i-b
A-ii-e; B-i-d; C-i-b; D-ii-c; E-i-a
A-ii-d; B-ii-e; C-i-a; D-ii-b; E-i-c

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#Question id: 15896

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Somatic embryos are bipolar structures in that they have a radicle and a plumule,

a) Plumular end sometimes oriented toward the centre of callus or cell mass

b) Plumular end always sticks out from the cell mass

c) The radicular end is always oriented toward the centre of callus or cell mass

d) Radicular end is sometimes sticks out from the cell mass

Which of the following is the well defined bipolar structure of somatic embryos

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#Question id: 15897

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Primary somatic embryo regenerating from the

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#Question id: 15898

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Which of the following is not related to embryo culture?

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#Question id: 15899

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Somatic embryos (SEs) regenerate from the tissues of other SEs or the parts of germinating SEs; such SEs are called

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#Question id: 15900

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

During development of a somatic embryo from a single superficial cell of the explant, the cells of this meristematic mass continue to divide to give rise to the various stages of SEs. Which of the following is considered correct for the development of SEs?

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#Question id: 15901

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

The following features are included between the shoot buds and somatic embryo;

A) SHOOT BUD i) Originated from the many cells, usually superficial

B) SOMATIC EMBRYO ii) Polarity is defined as bipolar; both shoot and root poles present

iii) Vascular strands connected with those present in callus/explant

iv) Easily separated from the callus/explant

v) There is no vascular connection with callus/explant

Which of the following correctly represents the features of shoot buds and somatic embryo?