Detail Page

  • 102410243974885125126235324624618591PublicAssets/3606In plants, as in animals, stem cells can transform into a variety of different cell types. The stem cells at the growing tip of this Arabidopsis plant will soon become flowers. Arabidopsis is frequently studied by cellular and molecular biologists because it grows rapidly (its entire life cycle is only 6 weeks), produces lots of seeds, and has a genome that is easy to manipulate. <Br><Br> This image was part of the <em>Life: Magnified</em> exhibit that ran from June 3, 2014, to January 21, 2015, at Dulles International Airport.Arun Sampathkumar and Elliot Meyerowitz, California Institute of TechnologyArun Sampathkumar and Elliot Meyerowitz, California Institute of TechnologyPhotograph

    Topic Tags:

    CellsMolecular Structures

    Flower-forming cells in a small plant related to cabbage (Arabidopsis)

    View EntryAdd to My Images

    In plants, as in animals, stem cells can transform into a variety of different cell types. The stem cells at the growing tip of this Arabidopsis plant will soon become flowers. Arabidopsis is frequently studied by cellular and molecular biologists because it grows rapidly (its entire life cycle is only 6 weeks), produces lots of seeds, and has a genome that is easy to manipulate.

    This image was part of the Life: Magnified exhibit that ran from June 3, 2014, to January 21, 2015, at Dulles International Airport.

    Source

    Arun Sampathkumar and Elliot Meyerowitz, California Institute of Technology

    Credit Line

    Arun Sampathkumar and Elliot Meyerowitz, California Institute of Technology

    Record Type

    Photograph

    ID

    3606

My Images/Videos