Biology GCSE
meristems
What meristems means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
Specialized growing regions in plants where stem cells reside, predominantly located at the tips of growing roots and apical shoot buds, as well as in the vascular cambium.
Regions of a plant where unspecialised cells divide rapidly, for example at the tips of roots and shoots.
Topics that use meristems
- Stem cells (AQA GCSE)
- Supplying the cell (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- adult stem cells
- Active transport
- cell cycle
- Cell differentiation
- Cell nucleus transfer
- Clones
- Cloning
- Conservation
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