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            :  Regeneration blastema is a bud-like structure formed during regeneration of limb in salamander.
    Reason              :  Formation of regeneration blastema involves dedifferentiation.

    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: B

    Solution :

    Formation of a conical bulge called regeneration blastema or bud below the newly formed epidermal cover so that the epidermis starts bulging during the regeneration of limb of salamander. A number of evidence have supported that the mitotically proliferating cell in a regenerating limb are derived by a regressive process called transformation of dedifferentiation of specialized or fully differentiated cells of the skin, muscles, bones etc.


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