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A 200 kg of vegetative tissue propagates 100 plants by cuttings. If the parent had a mutation rate of 0.01% per generation, what is the expected genetic similarity of the offspring?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. Vegetative propagation copies the parent DNA mitotically.
2. No meiosis, no recombination, no fusion of gametes occurs.
3. Mutation rates this low do not change the population-level similarity, which remains effectively identical.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Science, Ch 7 "How do Organisms Reproduce", §7.2.5_
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