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Agriculture · Q659

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 659

Q659

A cybrid is a

A.
Sexual hybrid
B.
Hybrid formed by cell division
Answer
C.
Plant formed by tissue culture
D.
Synonymous to hybrid

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
A cybrid is a hybrid formed by cell division.
Cybrids are eukaryotic cell lines produced by the fusion of a cell that serves as a nuclear donor, and a cytoplast from a different source, serving as a mitochondrial donor.
Cybrids are produced by combining cytoplasm from nucleated cells with non-nucleated cells or cytoplasts. The nucleated cell can be unaltered or could have undergone depletion of endogenous mtDNA before cytoplasmic mixing.