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12 years ago
How do xylem cells facilitate long-distance transport?
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12 years ago
Xylem cells are dead at maturity and form essentially hollow tubes with reinforced secondary walls.
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12 years ago
Xylem cells are dead at maturity and form essentially hollow tubes with reinforced secondary walls.

Yes! Exactly lol

Because water-conducting xylem cells aredcad at maturity and form essentially hollow tubes, they offer little resistance to water flow, and their thick walls prevent the cells from collapsing from the negative pressure inside.
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11 years ago
Xylem cells are dead at maturity and form essentially hollow tubes with reinforced secondary walls.

Very nice answer!
 
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