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Cell Walls

#1 Post by JimT » Sat Nov 08, 2014 2:48 am

Never saw segmented cell walls like this before. Vine stem segment iodine stained @400X - 40x obj. Could see chloroplasts "Dancing". JimT
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Re: Cell Walls

#2 Post by gekko » Sat Nov 08, 2014 9:07 pm

Very nice image.
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Re: Cell Walls

#3 Post by Oliver » Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:26 pm

Hello,
The holes between the "segements" could be Plasmodesmata:
http://theplentyplant.blogspot.co.at/20 ... smata.html
These are the places where adjacent cells join for cell to cell communication. There are breaks in the cell wall.
Oliver.
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Re: Cell Walls

#4 Post by JimT » Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:47 pm

Gekko, thanks. Oliver, thanks for the knowledgeable input and the site. How do you know all this stuff?

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