NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
What is the phenomenon where living differentiated cells regain the capacity to divide called?
Options
- ADifferentiation
- BDedifferentiation
- CRedifferentiation
- DMaturation
Correct answer
B. Dedifferentiation
Step-by-step solution
Plants show another interesting phenomeno n. The living differentiated cells, that by now have lost the capacity to divide can regain the capacity of division under certain conditions. This phenomenon is termed as dedifferentiation. Formation of meristems – interfascicular cambium and cork cambium from fully differentiated parenchyma cells.