Measuring Small Holes (IMAGE)

Washington State University

Measuring Small Holes

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Washington State University biologist Michael Knoblauch measured and counted thousands of microscopic holes to test an 86-year-old hypothesis of how nutrients are moved in a plant. Here he is with a microscope photo of a sieve plate that separates the elongated cells of a plant's vascular system.

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