Hypothesis: Plant stem cells hold the key to extreme longevity
Theories of ageing explain how multicellular organisms age by means of an immortal germ line and a perishable soma, whereby accumulated damage is preferentially distributed to the soma. Plants do not clearly separate germline and somatic cells, which questions whether current theories of ageing are...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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Elsevier
2019
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