Claim · model-written summary
One layer of mesophyll and chloroplast positions supported low light absorption.
- Taxon
- Crepidomanes latealatumCrepidomanes latealatumt0
- Organ / stage
- mesophylle0
- Outcome
- effectively absorbing light of low intensitye0
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Verbatim
e0“reduction of mesophyll to one layer, as well as the apostrophic and epistrophic position of chloroplasts for effectively absorbing light of low intensity”
t0“Crepidomanes latealatum”
Title
N.M. Derzhavina Turczaninowia 2018. doi:10.14258/turczaninowia.21.3.7
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