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Commercial slide of Amyloplasts that store starch. These are the famous amyloplasts of the "Irish" potato which actually originated in the Andes. Europeans killed and destroyed to find gold. However, although they didn't appreciate it, the potato and other "new World" crops were far more valuable than Gold. | |
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Unstained amyloplasts from Potato. Note the striations due to the highly organized starch deposition. The growth of amyloplasts resembles that of pearls. | |
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The Amyloplasts from Cana are hard to see with normal bright field microscopy. | |
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The highly organized nature of starch deposition makes them birefringent under polarized light. | |
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Some Cells contain extremely large Amyloplasts which contain more than one starch grain. "Statoliths" have this organization. | |
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Electron
micrograph of a large amyloplast from the root of Zamia pumila. (S = Starch
Grain). Note the relative size of the mitochondria!!!!! Amyloplasts like this are involved in Geoperception! |
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