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- Occurs at tips of shoots and roots in the meristematic tissues of apical meristem
- At the apex there is a zone of cell division/mitosis
- Cells elongate at elongation zone
- The elongated cells differentiate at the region of differentiation resulting in increase in
size
- In the stems meristems give rise to leaf premodia which envelop the apex to form a bud
- The bud protects the delicate inner cells
- In roots the meristem is protected by root cap
- After cells differentiate the form permanent tissues
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