Assertion Phenylketonuria is recessive hereditary disease caused by body’s failure to oxidise an amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine, because of defective enzyme.
Reason It is characterised by in the presence of phenylalanine acid in urine.
Assertion Caryopsis fruits differ from typical achenes with respect to the fusion of pericarp with the seed-coat (testa).
Reason Caryopsis fruits commonly occur in the members of family–Poaceae.
Assertion : The collenchyma is a thick-walled living tissue.
Reason : The collenchyma is thickened due to deposition of pectin.
Assertion In mitosis, two identical cells are produced from a single cell and karyokinesis is followed by cytokinesis.
Reason Cytokinesis is of two types, i.e. by cell-furrow method and cell-plate method.