Dimensions of Shoot Apical Meristem (SAM)

Range diameter ~54µm: depth 23µm µm
Organism Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Reference Vaughan JG. Structure of the Angiosperm Apex. Nature 169, 458 - 459 (15 March 1952) doi:10.1038/169458a0 p.458 right column top paragraph
Comments "The cell outline drawing shown is that of a median longitudinal section through the vegetative apex of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. The diameter of this apex is about 54µm and its depth 23µm, so it must be one of the smallest angiosperm [flowering plants] apices to have been described."
Entered by Uri M
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