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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > physiology > growth and development > biological development > embryogenesis > somatic embryogenesis
Preferred Term:

somatic embryogenesis

Definition:
The initiation of embryos from previously differentiated somatic cells of plants. In this regeneration process, all the plantlets produced have the same genetic makeup. Both sexual and somatic embryos possess a primordial root and shoot.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
embryogenesis
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/36834
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