Combined Science GCSE
Meristems and specialised tissues
What Meristems and specialised tissues means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A root tip or shoot tip in a plant contains meristem cells that divide by mitosis, adding new cells behind the tip so the plant grows taller or longer.
Topics that use Meristems and specialised tissues
- Mitosis and the cell cycle (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell cycle stages
- Cell growth and DNA replication
- DNA replication
- Genetic continuity
- Growth and development of multicellular organisms
- Meiosis
- Mitochondria
- Mitosis
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