Researchers' initial understanding of meiosis was based upon careful observations of chromosome behavior using light microscopes ... is restricted to germ cells that are set aside in early ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

Pop a cover slip on the slide and then put the slide onto the microscope. Take a look! Check out that strong cell wall structure. It's solid so that it keeps a plant's shape and structure.

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

The way we study plant cells ... a standard microscope. So, instead of a zoomed-in picture where individual elements may become blurred or distorted, the physical size of the cells increases ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...