Abstract
Serial sectioning has been used to show that the majority of circumferential microtubules lying in the cortex of root tip cells are much shorter than the cell circumference. The significance of this observation is briefly discussed.
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Hardham, A.R., Gunning, B.E.S. The length and disposition of cortical microtubules in plant cells fixed in glutaraldehyde—Osmium tetroxide. Planta 134, 201–203 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00384972
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