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Progressiveness and contagiousness in plant differentiation and development

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Differentiation and Development / Differenzierung und Entwicklung

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A striking feature of ontogenetic development in plants as well as animals is its continuous and progressive character. Once differentiation has set in, the organism seems to have been launched on a precise course where one event follows the other in a strict, almost inexorable sequence, each generally leading to an increase in specialization of cells and tissues. Development and differentiation appear to possess features of self-determination and self-perpetuation, differentiation in one cell or tissue often forcing its onset in others, thus depriving them of freedom of choice between different potential courses and steering development along one progressive pathway.

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Lang, A. (1965). Progressiveness and contagiousness in plant differentiation and development. In: Allsopp, A., et al. Differentiation and Development / Differenzierung und Entwicklung. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology / Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-36273-0_13

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