Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany.
Curr Biol. 2021 May 24;31(10):R547-R552. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.087.
A central role of cell division in the life of multicellular plants is underlined by the fact that plants cannot move, in contrast to multicellular animals. Hence, cell division in plants fulfills not only a developmental task sensu stricto (for example, formation of organs, tissues and cell types) but also is key for adaptation to environmental conditions, presumably more so than in animals, by enhancing, reducing, as well as redirecting cell divisions, and thus adjusting growth.
细胞分裂在多细胞植物的生命中起着核心作用,这一点突出表现在与多细胞动物不同,植物不能移动。因此,植物的细胞分裂不仅完成了严格意义上的发育任务(例如器官、组织和细胞类型的形成),而且对于适应环境条件也至关重要,这可能比动物更为重要,因为它可以增强、减少和重新引导细胞分裂,从而调整生长。