Root & Shoot Apical Meristem Zonation
Click a zone in either diagram to see what's structurally distinct about it.
Root tip
Root tip
Shoot tip
Shoot tip
Click any colored zone in either diagram to read what's structurally distinct about it.
Root tip (left): maturation → elongation → division zones, quiescent center, root cap. Shoot tip (right): tunica, corpus, and two leaf primordia.