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The development of plants contrasts with that of animals because, generally, in contrast to animals, plants can continuously generate, through dedifferentiation, meristematic cells capable of giving rise to new organs: leafy stems, roots or reproductive organs.
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Buvat, R. (1989). Dedifferentiation: Common Process of Vascular Plant Ontogeny. In: Ontogeny, Cell Differentiation, and Structure of Vascular Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73635-3_15
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