Many plants such as orchids are grown by a technique called tissue culture. small pieces of plant tissue from a leaf, stem, or root of a mature plant are placed in a medium that contains the proper nutrients. the cells first form a mass of undifferentiated cells, from which tiny roots, stems, and leaves eventually grow. how do the plant cells placed in a medium for tissue culture change in terms of their degree of specialization? what types of animal cells are most similar to the undifferentiated plant cells in a tissue culture? explain your answer

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Donald Farley

30 August, 05:03

Many plants such as orchids are grown by a technique called tissue culture. small pieces of plant tissue from a leaf, stem, or root of a mature plant are placed in a medium that contains the proper nutrients. the cells first form a mass of undifferentiated cells, from which tiny roots, stems, and leaves eventually grow. how do the plant cells placed in a medium for tissue culture change in terms of their degree of specialization? what types of animal cells are most similar to the undifferentiated plant cells in a tissue culture? explain your answer

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Sandra Atkins · Answer 1

The correct answer to this question is this: Plant cells that are being placed first in a medium for the purpose of tissue culture are differentiated cells. Pluripotent cells, or cells that are able to develop into all the specialized cell types and structures of plants are being produced by undifferentiated cells.

Plant cells and the embryonic stem cells of an animal are mostly similar to each other. First, they develop in a tissue culture where it is easier to develop into a different cell type and structure.