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  Humans and all other animals dependon plants for their food. Hard work of several years have resulted in the development of tissue culture technology by scientists. What can be the application of such technology inour present society? Or Name the following (a) Tissue that forms the inner lining of our mouth. (b) Tissue that connects muscle to bonein humans. (c) Tissue that transport food in plants. (d) Tissue that stores fat in our body. (e) Connective tissue with a fluid matrix. (f) Tissue present in the brain.

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  Plant tissue culture has wide spread use in scientific research. It has commercial as well as agriculturaluse. Some of its uses are (i) It is widely used in forestry and in floriculture. Rare and end angered species of plants can alsobe conserved by this technology.                                                                                                                                                (1) (ii) Large scale growth of plant cells is done by this technology. Large production of plant cells are used for production of valuable compounds, biopharmaceuticals, etc.                                                                                      (1) (iii) Interspecific hybrids can be made by this technique. The product so formed is more useful and contain advantageous characters of both.                                                                                                                                            (1) (iv) Clean plant materials can be achieved from diseased stock, which can be harmful for the human population.                                                                                                                                                                                       (1) (v) Large number of identical individuals can be made for commercial advantages.                                                           (1) Or (a) Simple squamous epithelium (b) Tendon (c) Phloem (d) Adipose tissue (e) Blood (f) Nervous tissue                                                                                                                                                                            (5)