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Scanning electron microscopic evidence for a budding mode of chloroplast multiplication in higher plants
Author(s) -
Kulandaivelu G.,
Gnanam A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1985.tb04269.x
Subject(s) - chloroplast , division (mathematics) , budding , biology , multiplication (music) , cell division , scanning electron microscope , botany , budding yeast , physics , optics , cell , genetics , yeast , mathematics , saccharomyces cerevisiae , arithmetic , gene , acoustics
Scanning electron microscopic observations of leaf sections of certain plants show two distinct types of chloroplast multiplication. In the normal mode, chloroplast division is achieved by binary fission. In Bryophyllum pinnatum Kurz. the chloroplast multiplication occurs by a process similar to the budding of yeast. The advantages of using scanning electron microscopy to follow closely the different stages of chloroplast division are demonstrated.