Practice question

Indeterminate growth defines organisms where growth does not terminate at sexual maturity and meristematic or stem cell pools persist lifelong. Plant shoot and root apical meristems containing WUSCHEL and CLAVATA regulated stem cells continuously produce new organs—leaves, stems, flowers, roots—throughout life. Environmental cues modulate rate but growth potential remains unlimited, allowing trees to grow centuries. Determinate growth characterizes animals where growth plates close and size stabilizes under hormonal control. Terms progressive growth and cellular elongation describe components but indeterminate precisely captures perpetual growth capacity unique to plant developmental strategy.