Chloroplast Movement in Plants: Stirring the Pot and Avoiding the Sun
Posted in Plant Cells on Apr 25th, 2010
Cellular Turbulence One of the fun things to observe using a light microscope is the movement of chloroplasts around the cell, especially in the plant Elodea. This movement is referred to as cyclosis or cytoplasmic streaming. Though you can’t easily see them using a light microscope, other organelles such as mitochondria are also streaming, along [...]
