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In the plant in the course of differentiation cells formed in particular tissues enlarge and become committed to particular developmental histories. In the course of these, two types of change maybe recognised: (a) Structural modifications of form which have frequently been examined, and (b) metabolic changes of state which have only recently been noticed. It is certain of the latter which form the subject of this chapter. It is not proposed to consider the whole range of metabolic differentiation, but only those aspects of it that are involved in the expansion and differentiation of cells in the apical meristems of roots and shoots. The metabolic differentiation of the cell may be regarded in two connections; the initial expansion which occurs in meristems and in which all cells are involved, and the secondary commitment to particular histological forms. Here it is proposed to review only the cytochemical information available with regard to the first, since cell differentiation in the meristem is the prior and the most general phase of differentiation and any information with respect to it is therefore basic to the elucidation of the second, derivative phase. Also, since considerably more is known about the first phase a consideration of it may provide the basis for the development of concepts regarding the nature of differentiation in general.
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Heyes, J.K., Brown, R. (1965). Cytochemical changes in cell growth and differentiation in plants. 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_7
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