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Image Title: Joined calcium crystals isolated from Capsicum annuum anther connective tissue
Image Credit: Harry T. Horner, Iowa State University, Bruce L. Wagner
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Copyright held by: Harry T. Horner, Bruce L. Wagner, BSA
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Joined calcium crystals (color transform of scanning electron micrograph) isolated from Capsicum annuum anther connective tissue. These crystals (large one a prism, small one a spherulite), form either together or separately in connective cells during microsporogenesis.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Association of four different calcium crystals in the anther connective tissue and hypodermal stomium of Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae) during microsporogenesis

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