Stomata on Surface of a Plant (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Stomata on Surface of a Plant

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In this microscopic image of an Arabidopsis plant, stomata are small two-cell openings in the surface of plant cells. Torii and her colleagues identified signals that control where plants place their stomata.

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Courtesy of Jin Suk Lee, Nature

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