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'Both growth, and differentiation in higher plants are open'. Comment.

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Growth and differentiation in higher plants has been considered .open. because both the processes are indeterminate, unlimited and leads to formation of different types of structures on maturity. Differentiation and growth both are open because cells/tissues arising out of same meristem have different structures at maturity.
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