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How is 'somatic hybridisation' is carried out? Mention one example of a somatic hybrid.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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Somatic hybridization can be carried as:-

  1. Isolated single cells from plants and after digesting their cell walls, isolated naked protoplasts (surrounded by plasma membrane).
  2. Isolated protoplasts from two different varieties of plants each having a desirable character are fused to get hybrid protoplasts.
  3. Hybrid protoplasts can be further grown to form a new plant. These hybrids are called somatic hybrids.

Example - Pomato (Fusion of tomato and potato)

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