I don't know what happened to my "beautiful" and detailed response, but I see
that it disappeared. Sorry for an empty response. It's too late tonight to
redo it so I'll try again later tomorrow someone else doesn't beat me in
explaining a possible role for sclerids based on observations in wild pears.
Lee Hadden
"Bohmfalk, John" wrote:
> Esteemed and much more knowledgeable colleagues,
>> In botany lab, we did a phloroglucinol staining of pear to visualize the
> sclerids. A student asked a rather impertinent question about the function
> of these stone cells. I have not a clue what their role is. Any hypotheses
> or ideas or known role?
>> Thanks.
> John
>> Dr. John Bohmfalk
> Biology Department
> Hastings College
> Hastings, NE
>jbohmfalk at hastings.edu> (402) 461-7470
>> ____________________
> "Take interest, I implore you, in those sacred dwellings called
> laboratories. Demand that they be multiplied, that they be adorned. These
> are the temples of the future, temples of well-being and of
> happiness."—Louis Pasteur
>> Dr. John Bohmfalk
> Biology Department
> Hastings College
> Hastings, NE
>jbohmfalk at hastings.edu> (402) 461-7470
>> ____________________
> "Take interest, I implore you, in those sacred dwellings called
> laboratories. Demand that they be multiplied, that they be adorned. These
> are the temples of the future, temples of well-being and of
> happiness."—Louis Pasteur
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