Endodermis is the bottom layer of skin.
In plants, it is a thin layer of parenchyma found in roots, just outside the vascular cylinder. It regulates the flow of water.
endodermis -- Literally "inner skin", this is a layer of cells which surrounds the central core of vascular tissue, and which helps to regulate the flow of water and dissolved substances.
endodermis A layer of cells surrounding the vascular cylinder of plants. PICTURE
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endodermis
(en-doh-dur-mis) [Gk. endon, within + derma, skin]
The innermost layer of the cortex in plant roots; a cylinder one cell thick that forms the boundary between the cortex and the stele.
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endodermis Innermost layer of the root cortex surrounding the stele; many of the endodermal cells have Casparian strips.
endodyogeny Same as endopolyogeny except that only two daughter cells are formed.
The endodermis has a strip of water-proof material (containing suberin) known as the Casparian strip that forces water through the endodermal cell and in such a way regulates the amount of water getting to the xylem.
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In the absence of secondary growth (most monocotyledons and a few dicotyledons) the endodermis commonly undergoes certain wall modifications.
A single layer of tightly packed cells that forms the endodermis of a plant.
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 See also: Plant, Endoderm, Cells, Trans, Tissue
  
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