Consider the following statements regarding 'Germplasm theory' and choose the correct answer:
1. Somatoplasm produces only body cells while germplasm produces reproductive cells
2. Somatoplasm is continous generations after generations while germplasm is discontinuous
3. The germplasm is not influenced by any change in the somatoplasm
4. Germplasm, through reproduction, gives rise to offspring in which again germplasm develops and remains secluded from the somatoplasm
A. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true
B. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
C. Only 1, 2 and 4 are true
D. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
Answer: Option A
Related Questions on Gentics and Evoloution
A piece of DNA molecule that can serve as a carrier for the gene to be cloned is called as a
A. Virus
B. Vector
C. DNA junk
D. Gene factor
A haploid organism contains only one set of chromosomes, and is said to be
A. Homozygous
B. Heterozygous
C. Hemizygous
D. Holozygous
Which of the following is the correct pair?
A. Darwin - Use and disuse of organs
B. de Vries - Mutation theory
C. Lamarck - Origin of life
D. Haldane - Law of heredity

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