NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: The variation in root apical and shoot-apical meristems and cambium is an example of Differentiation Reason: Cells lose ptoyoplasm to form tracheary element
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
The cells derived from root apical and shoot-apical meristems and cambium differentiate and mature to perform specific functions. This act leading to maturation is termed as differentiation.