Walking through the botanical garden with a friend, you spy a rare and beautiful variety of Hosta. "Oh I would love to have one of those!" you exclaim. "But they cost a king's ransom." Your friend smiles, snips off a tiny piece of the shoot, and says, "I'll grow you one. I'll just take it back to lab and..."____ "use enzymes to break down the cell walls"____ "grow up a callus"____ "culture an individual plantlet for you"____ "wait for somatic embryos to form"

What will be an ideal response?


1 "use enzymes to break down the cell walls"
2 "grow up a callus"
4 "culture an individual plantlet for you"
3 "wait for somatic embryos to form"

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