Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biodiversity and Conservation

Question:
Read the following statements and choose the correct option.

Statement 1 : Gametes of threatened species can be preserved in viable and fertile condition for long periods using cryopreservation techniques.
Statement 2 : Cryopreservation is an in situ conservation technique.

Options:
Both the statements are correct
Only statement 1 is incorrect
Only statement 2 is incorrect.
Both the statements are correct
Correct Answer:
Only statement 2 is incorrect.
Explanation:
In recent years ex situ conservation has advanced beyond keeping threatened species in enclosures. Now gametes of threatened species can be preserved in viable and fertile condition for long periods using cryopreservation techniques, eggs can be fertilised in vitro, and plants can be propagated using tissue culture methods. Seeds of different genetic strains of commercially important plants can be kept for long periods in seed banks