every type of plant cell has the ability of totipotency and if there is shortening evidence of telomere region in plant genome then new plant come as a result of totipotency should have already shorten telomere.. Is that so?
Mohammad Issawi
yes, there is a telomere shortening in plants especially in vegetative tissues (since telomerase is not expressed). Shortening does not occur in reproductive and dedifferentiated cells which maintain their telomeres via telomerase activity.
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