Tracking a growing root tip (VIDEO)

Duke University

Caption

Time-lapse footage of a threadlike Arabidopsis root as it grows. Each fluorescent blue dot marks the nucleus of a cell that’s in the process of dividing to produce new cells, which will go on to form the different tissue layers of a healthy root.

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Courtesy of the Benfey lab, Duke University

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