Light micrographs of median longitudinal sections of root apical meristems (RAMs
Author
Jeffrey Welsh State University of New York Department of Biological Sciences Oswego New York USA,James L. Seago State University of New York Department of Biological Sciences Oswego New York USA
Keywords
Light micrographs, apical meristems
Description
Light micrographs, apical meristems
Light micrographs of median longitudinal sections of root apical meristems
(RAMs) from basal angiosperms, monocots, and eudicots are pictured, left to
right: top, Magnolia grandiflora, Cabomba caroliniana, and Ranunculus
muricatus; bottom, Clivia miniata, Commelina communis, and
Quercus rubra. This project, to characterize the arrangement of patterns
of cells in the organization of angiosperm RAMs, was conceived by Heimsch in
the early 1950s; the specimens in this montage of root tips were produced from
1956 until 2003 and were photographed with brightfield illumination on a Zeiss
Axiophot microscope (University of Waterloo).
For further details, see: Heimsch and Seago, Organization of the root
apical meristem in angiosperms, American Journal of Botany,
Volume 95, Issue 1, pages 1-26, http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/short/95/1/1.
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