Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 33.3, Problem 2R
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The different primary meristems present in plants and the mechanism by, which they give, rise to the various tissues and the organs.

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The primary meristems are regions composed of a mass of undifferentiated cells, which are capable of differentiating into all the tissues and organs that make up the body of a plant. They are responsible for the primary growth, which determines the basic structure of the plant.

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