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Anatomy and Morphology |
Section of Plant Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, Baja California Sur, Apartado Postal 128, México 23000
Developmental and physiological studies of roots are frequently limited to a post-germination stage. In Arabidopsis, a developmental change in the root meristem architecture during plant ontogenesis has not previously been studied and is addressed presently. Arabidopsis thaliana have closed root apical organization, in which all cell file lineages connect directly to one of three distinct initial tiers. The root meristem organization is dynamic and changes as the root ages from 1 to 4 wk post-germination. During the ontogeny of the root, the number of cells within the root apical meristem (RAM) increases and then decreases due to changes in the number of cortical layers and number of cell files within a central cylinder. The architecture of the initial tiers also changes as the root meristem ages. Included in the RAM's ontogeny is a pattern associated with the periclinal divisions that give rise to the middle cortex and endodermis; the three-dimensional arrangement of periclinally dividing derivative cells resembles one gyre of a helix. Four- or 5-wk-old roots exhibit a disorganized array of vacuolated initial cells that are a manifestation of the determinate nature of the meristem. Vascular cambium is formed via coordinated divisions of vascular parenchyma and pericycle cells. The phellogen is the last meristem to complete its development, and it is derived from pericycle cells that delineate the outer boundary of the root.
Key Words: Arabidopsis • Brassicaceae • cortex • development • root apical meristem • vascular tissue
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