Manisha V. Haag

Jan 9, 2025 | cell.com | Charlotte Miller |Sean Jarrell-Hurtado |Manisha V. Haag |Y. Ye |Mathew Simenc |Paloma Alvarez-Maldonado | +10 more

IntroductionPlants live in a constantly changing and often unpredictable environment but lack motility. To survive, plants have evolved ways to dynamically adjust their physiology in response to their environment. Key for this is the establishment and maintenance of meristematic cell populations that can develop into differentiated cells when needed. In the young root, the primary root meristem actively divides to increase root length, giving rise to several cell types.