Specific plant taxa possess the capacity to regenerate missing tissues through cellular dedifferentiation
Specific plant taxa possess the capacity to regenerate missing tissues through cellular dedifferentiation, a well-documented biological phenomenon supported by extensive molecular and histological evidence in botany.
The claim is specific, empirical, and contestable in its detailed mechanisms, though fundamentally well-established in plant biology. Multiple retrieved papers (0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10) explicitly confirm that plants regenerate missing tissues or organs via cellular dedifferentiation, reprogramming, and the formation of callus tissue. None of the papers refute the claim.
Y. Long, Yun Yang, G. Pan, Yaou Shen. New Insights Into Tissue Culture Plant-Regeneration Mechanisms. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.926752
Reviews plant tissue culture regeneration mechanisms, explicitly noting that plant regeneration is driven by cellular totipotency and pluripotency.
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Wentao Yang, Huawei Zhai, Fangming Wu, Lei Deng, Yu-Chan Chao, Xianwen Meng, Qian Chen, Chenhua Liu, Xiaomin Bie, Chuanlong Sun, Yang Yu, Xiaofei Zhang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Zeqian Chang, Min Xue, Yajie Zhao, Xiangbing Meng, Boshu Li, Xiansheng Zhang, Dajian Zhang, Xiangyu Zhao, Caixia Gao, Jiayang Li, Chuanyou Li. Peptide REF1 is a local wound signal promoting plant regeneration.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.04.040
Demonstrates that wound signaling activates WIND1, a master regulator of wound-induced cellular reprogramming and dedifferentiation in plants.
Momoko Ikeuchi, Akira Iwase, Tasuku Ito, Hayato Tanaka, David S. Favero, A. Kawamura, Shingo Sakamoto, Mayumi Wakazaki, Toshiaki Tameshige, Haruki Fujii, Naoki Hashimoto, Takamasa Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hotta, K. Toyooka, Nobutaka Mitsuda, K. Sugimoto. Wound-inducible WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 13 is required for callus growth and organ reconnection. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab510
Identifies WOX13 as a key regulator of cellular reprogramming and callus formation during plant tissue repair.
V. Mironova, Jian Xu. A single-cell view of tissue regeneration in plants.. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2019.09.003
Reviews conserved scenarios of plant tissue regeneration, including cell dedifferentiation.
Seunga Lee, Youngran Park, Ji Hoon Rhee, Hyojeong Chu, Jennifer M. Frost, Yeonhee Choi. Insights into plant regeneration: cellular pathways and DNA methylation dynamics. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-024-03216-9
Explains that callus formation during plant regeneration involves dedifferentiated cells attaining pluripotency.
J. B. Reid, J. Ross. Regulation of tissue repair in plants. 2011. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1114432108
Describes how plants regenerate damaged tissue through the traditional process of cell dedifferentiation followed by division.
Rahni R, Lee LR, Vissers G, Suresh I, Gorodokin BM, Ip PL, Guillotin B, Birnbaum KD. Histone deacetylases and cell-cycle regulators orchestrate cell-identity transitions during Arabidopsis root regeneration.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.03.013
Shows that the widespread regenerative capacity of plants is mediated by specialized cells reprogramming their fate.
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