http://www.scivee.tv/node/18179 en http://www.scivee.tv/node/19589 <p>The epidermis is the protective outer layer of clonally<br /> related cells covering all plant organs. It is composed of<br /> a number of specialised cell types which differentiate<br /> from the basal epidermal cell in adaptively significant<br /> frequencies and patterns. The epidermis is unique in<br /> developing solely through anticlinal divisions, generating<br /> a sheet of cells overlying the rest of the plant. This sheet is<br /> connected biochemically to the cell layers below, with<br /> information exchange occurring in both directions. The<br /> specialised cell types within the epidermis develop either</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/node/18179" class="og_links">Encyclopedia of Life Sciences</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.scivee.tv/node/19589">read more</a></p> cuticle dermal tissue system epidermis Pavement cells Plant biology root hairs trichomes Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:36:56 -0700 mvanbiene@wiley.com 19589 at http://www.scivee.tv