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Gary Cote gcote at radford.edu
Tue Sep 12 07:02:43 EST 2000


I had the same impression from somewhere, probably not from Esau, which I
don't have.  I even told students they were one giant cell and had them
measure them for comparison to other cells, but I later read up in Fahn's
Plant Anatomy (an older text that I happen to still have) and it indicated
"a number of large juice cells" in the sac or vesicle.  I dissected one sac
under the dissecting scope and it seems to be about a hundred cells, not
counting the epidermis.  If memory serves aright (and my memory of
measurements is atrocious) they were about 0.5 mm across.

At 12:43 PM 9/12/00 +0100, you wrote:
>I had the impression from Esau's plant anatomy text that juice sacs are
only 1
>or 2 huge cells.
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>Gary Cote wrote:
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>> One possibility that may not work because it's a bit messy is an orange.
>> The sections are made up of little "juice vesicles" which are very visible
>> to the eye and contain only about a hundred cells.  Should be visible with
>> a hand lens.  Of course, the reason they're so big is the same reason
>> they're so messy -- huge vacuoles full of juice.  Any citrus should do as
>> well.
>>
>> Gary Cote
>>
>> At 10:17 PM 9/11/00 +0100, you wrote:
>> >Dear Folks,
>> >I'm teaching a non-majors plant biology course this semester, and I'm
>> >starting a section on cells.  I'm trying to include as much real
>> >observation of things as I can, but am constrained by the fact that there
>> >is no lab, and the class meets in an auditorium.
>> >Here's what I'd like to do, and I send this out to you all in hopes that
>> >someone knows how to achieve it.  I'd like to pass around a leaf or chunk
>> >of tissue that has cells of enough size to be seen with a 5X hand lens.
>> >I'm only shooting for them being able to see the outlines of the cells,
but
>> >not anything within.  Any candidates?
>> >Thanks,
>> >Kathleen Archer
>> >
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>> Dr. Gary Coté
>> Assistant Professor
>> Department of Biology
>> Box 6931
>> Radford University
>> Radford, VA 24142-6931
>>
>> Ph: 540-831-5630
>> Fax: 540-831-6615
>> email: gcote at radford.edu
>> http://www.radford.edu:8800/~gcote/
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Dr. Gary Coté
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Box 6931
Radford University
Radford, VA 24142-6931

Ph: 540-831-5630
Fax: 540-831-6615
email: gcote at radford.edu
http://www.radford.edu:8800/~gcote/


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