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Morning glory Ipomoea nil (= Pharbitis nil)

Tokyo Kokei Standard-3, Germinating seeds

Copyright 1998-2017 Yoshiaki Yoneda

The main root grows vigorously. Root hairs grow on the basal part of the main root, followed by hypocotyls, which has a reddish tinge. The seed coat has not fallen off yet. If you want to observe chromosomes in root tip cells, you had better use the root tips of this stage.
Slide No. 061


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4 x 4

2 x 2

lens 8 x 8


16 x 16

1 x 1 (thumbnail images) : For indexing
2 x 2, 4 x 4, 8 x 8 : For viewing on monitor
8 x 8, 16 x 16 : For printing

Edited by Yuuji Tsukii (Lab. Biology, Science Research Center, Hosei University)