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A study was made on the mitotic cycle times in meristematic cells of Vicia faba root tips and on the relationship between their duration and the position of a certain cell in the column of proliferating cells. For the demonstration of the sequence and duration of mitotic oycles a single-column model was used. The results of experiments show that the great variability in the duration of mitotic cycles (from 12 to l20 h)is the result of a different program of the apical meristem cells. The long duration of the cycle of initials corresponds to the sum of cycle times of their descendants.
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Muhín, A., Luxová, M. The sequence and duration of mitotic cycles in the apical root meristem ofVicia faba l. Biol Plant 20, 293–298 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922689
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