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. 2018 Oct 16;19(10):3182. doi: 10.3390/ijms19103182

Figure 1.

Figure 1

In plant somatic embryogenesis, genetic (green) and epigenetic (yellow) mechanisms induce the development of embryogenic cells from any explant (cells isolated from the leaves, shoots or roots). Due to the totipotentiality properties of plant cells, a group of embryogenic cells can develop into a complete and functional plantlet.