Asymmetric divisions are also essential for stem-cell maintenance ... Remarkably, in many plant species, exit from the mitotic cell cycle is often accompanied by a residual cell-cycle competence ...

These meristems contain stem cells that divide as needed and form new cells that develop into specialized tissue. Using the example of plant roots, the researchers have now been able to decipher ...

By this definition, stem cells are particularly important for plant growth, because virtually all tissues of the plant descend from small groups of stem cells located in their growing apices ...

All flowering plants go through the following life cycle. Germination is the process by which a plant begins to grow from a seed. Roots form under the soil. The stem ... the egg cells to make ...