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Plant stem cell niches.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jan 2005
Stahl Yvonne, Simon Rüdiger
Abstract excerpt
Stem cells are required to support the indeterminate growth style of plants. Meristems are a plants stem cell niches that foster stem cell survival and the production of descendants destined for differentiation. In shoot meristems, stem cell fate is decided at the populational level. The size of the stem cell domain at the meristem tip depends on signals that are exchanged with cells of the organizing centre...
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