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Why is differentiation in plants considered 'open'?

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a

Because all differentiated cells retain the ability to divide again under certain conditions.

b

Because cells/tissues arising from the same meristem can have different structures at maturity depending on their location

c

Because differentiation does not depend on the meristem but on the external environment alone.

d

Because all cells from the same meristem develop into the same type at maturity regardless of their position.

answer is B.

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In plants not only growth,differentiation  is also open, because cells/tissues arising out of the same meristem have different structures at maturity. The final structure at maturity of a cell/tissue is also determined by the location of the cell within

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