tissue culture

• tissue culture is the growth of cells in a sterile nutrient medium outside an organism
• growth of cells outside the body in an artificial environment is called in vitro growth
• growth of cells inside the body is called in vivo growth
• uses of tissue culture?

  cancer research, skin grafts, micropropagation
• what is micropropagation?

  plant breeding
• what is the benefit of micropropagation?

  plants are genetically identical, a large number of plants are produced in a short time