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The transplastomic plants bear no risk for gene transfer through pollens as
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- the pollens degenerate before fertilization
- the transformed mitochondrial DNA is lost during pollen maturation
- the transformed chloroplast DNA is lost during pollen maturation
- the transformed genomic DNA are inherited maternally
Correct Option: D
A transplastomic plant is a genetically modified plant in which the new genes have not been inserted in the nuclear DNA but in the DNA of the chloroplasts. The major advantage of this technology is that in many plant species plastid DNA is not transmitted through pollen, which prevents gene flow from the genetically modified plant to other plants.
