Meristems & Plant Cloning
Unlike animals, plants can differentiate throughout their lives using specialized tissues called meristems.
Why would a gardener want to clone a plant?
What is Meristems & Plant Cloning?
"Meristem tissue consists of undifferentiated cells in plants capable of dividing indefinitely and giving rise to specialized tissues."
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Plant Stem Cells
Meristem tissue is found in growing tips of roots and shoots.
It can differentiate into any type of plant cell throughout the life of the plant.
It allows us to clone rare plants or crop plants with desirable traits quickly.
Cloning from meristems is a form of asexual reproduction, producing genetically identical plants.
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