Tissue culture
What Tissue culture means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Growing a small piece of meristem tissue in sterile conditions on a nutrient medium, where it forms many genetically identical plantlets.
Small groups of plant cells are grown on a sterile nutrient medium to produce many identical plantlets.
Topics that use Tissue culture
- Stem cells (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
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- Ethical issues
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