NEET Biology Organisms and population Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:                         
    Assertion            :  A regenerated tail of wall lizard shows heteromorphosis.
    Reason              :  Newly formed tail is different from original tail in being without vertebrae.

    A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D) If both the assertion and reason are false

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Wall lizard can regenerate its lost tail when severed in autotomy but the regenerated tail differs from the original one in shape, lack of vertebrae and the type of scales covering it (heteromorphosis).


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