Cloning of plants from cuttings demonstrates that _____

A) an individual plant cell cannot de-differentiate and then redifferentiate
B) differentiated plant cells may contain embryonic mRNAs
C) plants lose genetic information in the differentiation process
D) mature plant cells retain the full genetic information needed to carry out the developmental processes to produce a new individual plant


Answer: D

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