Trichomes on an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Trichomes on an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf

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Trichomes on an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf (here shown using electron microscopy) are formed by a single cell adopting this spiked shape (top images). Arabidopsis plants without a SCAR/WAVE gene cannot form properly shaped trichomes, because their inner cytoskeleton control is impaired (bottom images).

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Sabine Brumm

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