Question

Elongation and thickening of sclerenchyma cells are an example of __________

• A. dedifferentiation
• B. development
• C. differentiation
• D. redifferentiation

Answer 1

Answer:

C. differentiation

• Differentiation leads to elongation and thickening of sclerenchyma cells. :

• Development includes all the changes undergone by a living plant from seed emergence to death.

• Dedifferentiation is regaining the lost capacity of cells or tissues of plants to divide under special conditions.

• Redifferentiation is the further maturation of dedifferentiated cells thereby specializing for a particular function.