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Some arctic plants have an apical meristem in the lowermiddle parts of the plant. Parenchyma tissue is composed of evenly thinwalled cells. A model for studying cell differentiation, cell elongation, and cell wall biosynthesis1 ruiqin zhong, david h. A typical plant body consists of three major vegetative organs.
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