Cytology and Genetics ,
vol. ,
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doi: https://www.doi.org/
This paper gives a brief overview of the recent ideas about programmed cell death including apoptosis in animals and plants. Comparison of these processes in animal and plant cells in terms of physiological features has been presented. Necrosis as a form of pathological, not genetically programmed cell death has been characterized. Reflections about the meaning (the need) of apoptosis in the formation of hypersensitive response in plants and the role of programmed cell death in joint relations between pathogens and plants have been considered.
Keywords: programmed cell death, apoptosis, necrosis, resistance, hypersensitive reaction