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Robbins1 and Wareing2 have suggested that chemical or cellular differences are the basis of the striking dimorphism of the juvenile and adult growth phases of some plants. The following experiments support this view and show that differences can persist through repeated sub-cultures of tissues in vitro.
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STOUTEMYER, V., BRITT, O. Tissue Cultures of Juvenile and Adult Specimens of Ivy. Nature 199, 397–398 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199397a0
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