Open AccessSetting Time for a Hot Date: Paused Embryo Development and Protective Organogenesis Allow Dates to Cope with the Desert Environment
Author(s) -
Tegan ArmaregoMarriott
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.19.00416
Subject(s) - biology , organogenesis , meristem , morphogenesis , evergreen , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , shoot , botany , genetics , gene
Adaptive developmental plasticity, in which changing environmental conditions modulate morphogenesis, can help organisms survive harsh conditions. Common examples include the protection of shoot apical meristems by transient arrest and sequestration into bud-like structures in wintering evergreens
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