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Fat storage in a plant seedling

Fat storage in a plant seedling
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Description: The electron micrograph shows a cell from a cucumber cotyledon (seed leaf) a few days after germination.

Fat stored in lipid bodies is degraded, oxidized, and converted to carbohydrate in neighboring glyoxysomes (or microbodies) to support the growth of the plant.

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