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Introduction to the Fine Structure of Plant Cells (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1970)
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Introduction to the Fine Structure of Plant Cells (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1970)
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It is appro pi ate to the contents of this book to recall a few
highlights in the history of plant cytology from its inception over
three centuries ago. Robert Hooke in 1663 presented his
observations of what he called " cells" in cork and other plant
parts and beautifully illustrated and described these in his
classic " Micrographia" published two years later. More detailed
exploration of the cell and its contents awaited almost two
centuries for Robert Brown's discovery of the nucleus in 1831.
Discoveries of other cell organelles followed, particularly in the
latter part of the 19th and early part of this century. As is
frequently noted each of these achievements was preceeded by
advances in the resolution of the microscope. Now history repeats
and recent developments in electron microscopy have given the
biologist the opportunity to study cell morphology in far greater
detail than at any time previously. Indeed, the resolution of the
electron microscope is several hundredfold better than that
available in the finest light microscopes. These advances in
instrumentation plus improvements in the techniques of specimen
preparation have made possible the ex amination of plant cells of
almost any type. It is the resulting wealth of new information now
accessible to the botanical cytologist that has prompted this
publication. In this book we have brought together electron
micrographs represent ing a number of cell types from higher
plants.
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