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The shoot apical meristem: its growth and development.

R. F. Lyndon

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Abstract

Preface: the shoot apex: what it is and what it does 1. A source of cells: the apical cell 2. A source of cells: the meristem 3. Growth rates within the shoot apex 4. Cell cycles 5. The subcellular and biochemical structure of the meristem 6. The mechanism of primordium initiation 7. Positioning the primordia 8. Partitioning the apex: the size of the apical meristem and the primordia 9. The transition to flowering 10. The new floral meristem Index.

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Preface: the shoot apex: what it is and what it does 1. A source of cells: the apical cell 2. A source of cells: the meristem 3. Growth rates within the shoot apex 4. Cell cycles 5. The subcellular and biochemical structure of the meristem 6. The mechanism of primordium initiation 7. Positioning the primordia 8. Partitioning the apex: the size of the apical meristem and the primordia 9. The transition to flowering 10. The new floral meristem Index.

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Preface: the shoot apex: what it is and what it does 1. A source of cells: the apical cell 2. A source of cells: the meristem 3. Growth rates within the shoot apex 4. Cell cycles 5. The subcellular and biochemical structure of the meristem 6. The mechanism of primordium initiation 7. Positioning the primordia 8. Partitioning the apex: the size of the apical meristem and the primordia 9. The transition to flowering 10. The new floral meristem Index.

Key concepts: Primordium, Meristem, Apex (geometry), Biology, Lateral shoot, Botany, Shoot, Apical cell

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