Plants are more readily manipulated by genetic engineering than are animals because a. plant genes do not contain introns. b. more vectors are available for transferring recombinant DNA into plant cells. c. a somatic plant cell can often give rise to a complete plant. d. plant cells have larger nuclei.

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Hello everyone here. We have a question asking why is it more difficult to genetically manipulate animal genes than plant genes in animal genes? Somatic cells will form different body parts or organs and then plant genes. Somatic cells produce an entire plant. So our answer choices are A because a somatic cell will form different body parts or organs in animals. That is correct. B because animals have more genes. That is incorrect. See because animals have more entrance. That is incorrect. Indeed, because animals have larger nuclei. That is incorrect. So our answer here is A because a somatic cell will form different body parts or organs. And animals, thank you for watching. Bye!