Mitosis, growth and stem cells

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Strawberry plants can reproduce asexually by producing long horizontal stems called runners. New plantlets develop at nodes along these runners.

A diagram showing a mature strawberry parent plant growing in soil, with a runner stem extending to the right. At the end of the runner is a developing young strawberry plantlet with small leaves and roots growing down into the soil. Arrows point to the very tip of the developing shoot and the tips of the roots, with a label pointing to these areas reading 'Meristem tissue'.

The growing tips of the shoots and roots of the new plantlets contain meristem tissue.

Describe the function of meristems in the growth of these new strawberry plants.

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