NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
Read the following statements and choose the following option: 1. Differentiation occurs in root apical and shoot apical meristems 2. Cells lose their protoplasm to form tracheary element 3. The dead differentiated cells, that by now have lost the capacity to divide can regain the capacity of division under certain conditions. 4. Interfascicular cambium and cork cambium form from fully redifferentiated parenchyma cel
Options
- AOnly 4 is correct
- BBoth 1 and 3 is incorrect
- COnly 2 is correct
- DBoth 1 and 2 is correct
Correct answer
D. Both 1 and 2 is correct
Step-by-step solution
The cells derived from root apical and shoot-apical meristems and cambium differentiate and mature to perform specific functions. This act leading to maturation is termed as differentiation. During differentiation, cells undergo few to major structural changes both in their cell walls and protoplasm. For example, to form a tracheary element, the cells would lose their protoplasm.