NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
What happens to the product of the meristem cells soon after division?
Options
- AIt gains the capacity to divide
- BIt loses the capacity to divide
- CIt dies
- DIt becomes a meristem cell
Correct answer
B. It loses the capacity to divide
Step-by-step solution
Plant growth is unique because plants retain the capacity for unlimited growth throughout their life. This ability of the plants is due to the presence of meristems at certain locations in their body. The cells of such meristems have the capacity to divide and self-perpetuate . The product, however, soon loses the capacity to divide and such cells make up the plant body