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MERISTEMATICITE [2 records]

Record 1 2013-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Cytology
OBS

meristem: A tissue in which mitotic cell divisions occur, generally localized within the plant body and constituting a permanent or temporary zone of actively dividing cells from which mature tissues differentiate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Cytologie
CONT

Phelouzat à précisé en outre que le nombre des nucléoles varie avec l'état de méristématicité des cellules : «C'est dans les cellules les plus méristématiques d'un point végétatif que l'on rencontre le nombre le plus élevé de nucléoles».

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

... most living plant cells retain the capacity to divide under certain conditions, but even if they do divide the daughter cells do not necessarily increase in size, unless they are relatively thin-walled cells which are able to revert to the embryonic or "meristematic" condition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Phelouzat a précisé en outre que le nombre des nucléoles varie avec l'état de méristématicité des cellules : «C'est dans les cellules les plus méristématiques d'un point végétatif que l'on rencontre le nombre le plus élevé de nucléoles».

Spanish

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