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Question
Why is it easier to culture meristems compared to permanent tissues?
Solution
Meristems have the capacity to divide continuously in their life, their walls are thin and elastic to facilitate the division, hence are suitable for tissue. Permanent cells to lose their ability to divide and their walls are thick. They have to differentiate to divide, hence is not easier to culture.
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