central zone
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000224
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: central initiation zone
- exact: zona central (Spanish)
- exact: 中央帯 (Japanese)
- Definition
- An area of densely packed cells in the shoot apex that divide infrequently. [source: ISBN:0521288959, TAIR:Leonore_Reiser]
- Comment
- Functions as a population of stem cells that replenishes the meristem.
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