Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than are animals because ______.

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Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than are animals because a somatic plant cell can grow into a complete plant. Explanation: Plants are easier to manipulate genetically since a single somatic (body) cell can regenerate into a completely new plant via tissue culture. This makes it possible to create a whole genetically modified plant from a single changed cell.

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