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Plant - Growth and Development

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What is the phenomenon where living differentiated cells regain the...

What is the phenomenon where living differentiated cells regain the capacity to divide called?

Options

  1. ADifferentiation
  2. BDedifferentiation
  3. CRedifferentiation
  4. DMaturation

Correct answer

B. Dedifferentiation

Step-by-step solution

Plants show another interesting phenomenon. 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.

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