Plants are more rapidly manipulated by genetic engineering than animals due to:

  • A
    Single somatic cell,which can regenerate a whole plant body
  • B
    $A$ group of somatic cells,which can regenerate a whole plant body
  • C
    May be $(a)$ or $(b)$
  • D
    None of the above

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