Cellular fine structures and histochemical reactions in the tissue of a cypress twig preserved in Baltic amber

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1559, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Koller, Barbara ^a   Schmitt, Jürgen M ^a   Tischendorf, Gilbert ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic amber; Cell structures; Cypress; Histochemistry; Microscopy; Organelles

Indexed keywords

AMBER; RESIN;

AMBER; ANATOMY; CYTOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CUTICLE; CYPRESS; EMBEDDING; FOSSIL; FUNIPERUS; GLYPTOSTROBUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CUPRESSUS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GLYPTOSTROBUS; JUNIPERUS;

AMBER; CUPRESSUS; FOSSILS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES;

EID: 16844384642     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2939     Document Type: Article

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