Cloning and Biotechnology OCR A Level, cloning and biotechnology
How does natural plant cloning occur? - 1. Bulbs - Buds form internally which each develop into new shoots and new plants 2. Runners - Lateral stem grows away from parent plant and roots develop 3. Rhizomes - Specialised horizontal stem running underground, buds develop to form new vertical shoots 4. Stem tubers - Tip of underground cell swells with stored food to form storage organ which buds to produce new shoots define vegetative propogation - a form of asexual reproduction in which a plant grows new parts which separate from the parent - develop from meristematic regions advantages and disadvantages of vegetative propogation - +ve: - quicker and more certai
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how does natural plant cloning occur 1 bulbs buds form internally which each develop into new shoots and new plants 2 runners lateral stem grows away from parent plant and roots develop 3 rh