#meristematic

[rledge]

Here’s some super low quality photos of onion root tip. Root tips are what allow a plant to grow throughout the entire lifespan, both up (branches, leaves, limbs etc.) and down (roots). The reason it is able to do so is because this portion of the plant is abundant in a group of stem cells called meristematic cells. In the above photos, you can differentiate between the cells in interphase, and the mitotic cells by looking for chromosomes. The cells in interphase look like regular cells, only enlarged, with two nuclei instead of one, and possibly even a cleavage furrow. The ‘mitotic’ cells look like they have stripes all over them, those are the enlarged chromosomes lining up at the metaphase plate preparing for division.

[wildandwasteless-blog]

Meristematic

"Perhaps the kingdom does more than transform us; it also transforms itself for our sake... A mustard seed in no way resembles the look, feel, or function of a mustard tree... Given the kingdom's tendency to grow, perhaps we should remain open and attentive to the unexpected shape it could take. In that sense the good news changes.

"And yet it stays the same. Its basic DNA does not change. It both changes and is somehow unchanged. The ever-changing gospel never changes. Regardless of new technology, complexity, and resources the world amasses or loses, no matter what culture, creed, or skin color, the fundamental human longings never change. 

"Everyone, everywhere, at every time wants love, peace, freedom, and joy."--Shane Hipps, Selling Water By The River