Saturday, November 7, 2009

Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells

http://wretchfossil.blogspot.com/2009/11/mars-meteorite-contains-numerous-plant.html
Below is labeled for a fossilized plant’s sieve tubes found in a meteorite originating from Mars. The figure is imaged by Mr. Tom Phillips, an expert in micrographs of Martain meteorites. Sieve tubes are usually found in the phloem in the vascular bundle of a plant’s stem/roots.

FIGURE SHOWS NUMEROUS FOSSILIZED SIEVE TUBES OF PHLOEM IN VASCULAR BUNDLE OF A PLANT. THIS IS A MICROGRAPH OF A THIN SECTION CUT FROM A METEORITE THAT ORIGINATED FROM MARS.