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IN a recent communication in Nature, further evidence was presented by Dr. E. Elliot1 relating to the concept of Giltay2, and supported afterwards by Priestley and Scott3, that at cell division each daughter protoplast secretes a continuous wall around itself. The suggestion was also made that this method of cell-wall formation may prove to be general in the higher plants. Recent work in this laboratory on cell division in the cambium of angiosperms and gymnosperms further supports this suggestion.
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Elliot, E., Nature, 168, 1089 (1951).
Giltay, E., Arch. Néerlandaises, 432 (1882).
Priestley, J. H., and Scott, L. I., Proc. Leeds Lit. Phil. Soc., 3, 532 (1938).
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WARDROP, A. Formation of New Cell Walls in Cell Division. Nature 170, 329 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170329a0
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