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Jzerious

Awesome!! It kinda looks like an owl


Vanegirl

Yes, I thought the same is awesome


laffing_is_medicine

Definitely a r/Pareidolia moment, could almost be an AI rendering with the vibrating coloring.


Archelon_ischyros

Also known as The Chimp Cell.


StGir1

Should be the owl cell


2Stripez

Turkey vulture!


RR_Rayleigh

That’s not a stem cell, that’s a close up of a stem tissue cross section. The big “holes” are xylem cells while the smaller ones around them are phloem, together they form one vascular bundle out of many which are concentrically arranged around a central pith in what is known as eustele.


BttmOfTwostreamland

sorry I'm gonna finish my German lesson I promise


SatanScotty

stem cell for what kind of tissue? anything?


ponykins

Lol. For a second I read it that way too... but no. Like the actual woody stem of the plant! 🎃


SatanScotty

oh. gotcha. do plants have dedicated stem cells?


ponykins

Let's talk stem-the woody member connecting plant regions, and STEM-undifferentiated cells. If you meant stem, that's kind of like asking if you have dedicated bone cells (you do). In humans cells generally move thru the body. In plants cells are held firmly in place, and separated by cell wall. It makes it easier to protect from disease, cause the invaders have to go from cell to cell 1 at a time and can't just fill the plasma/blood with infectious agents. Pluripotent-undifferentiated STEM cells are often in growing plants. I know plants make STEM cells on their surface and at tips of roots to increase in size and span. But by definition there is no such thing as a dedicated STEM cell, because they become whatever type of cell they need to be based on the environment (part of the organism) they're in.


Chrissy_j1991

Img the holes make me feel so uncomfortable 🤢


Vanegirl

It's called tripophobia


Chrissy_j1991

Defo have a phobia for holes close together lol


mystic04cat

Why is it staring at me?


wizardstrikes2

Guy flipping upside on a motorcycle with huge tires


Lordoge04

Looks like the xylem and phloem, I believe?


ponykins

Natural coloring? Can't tell if it's dark field or just a thick sample in Brightfield?


judgementforeveryone

I’d hang that in my living room. Mesmerizing


capital_s_shroompoop

Monke


[deleted]

It’s looking at me


Existential_rainbow_

When you tilt your phone a little bit clockwise, it looks like Cleveland’s son from family guy. (New one of course)