Cloning of plants from cuttings demonstrates that ________.
A) an individual plant cell cannot de-differentiate and then re-differentiate
B) differentiated plant cells may contain embryonic mRNAs
C) plants lose genetic information in the differentiation process
D) mature plant cells retain the full genetic information needed to carry out the developmental processes to produce a new individual plant

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Cloning of plants from cuttings involves taking a portion of a mature plant and forcing it to regenerate a new individual that is identical to the parent plant. This process is only possible because mature plant cells retain the full genetic information needed to carry out the developmental processes to produce a new individual plant. This demonstrates that differentiation of plant cells does not cause a loss of genetic information.

Cloning of Plants from Cuttings Demonstrates That ________