• Question: how do you look inside a nature flower

    Asked by roman roman to Chris on 22 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Chris Bowden

      Chris Bowden answered on 22 Jun 2017:


      Tricky question! By ‘inside’ I mean that I look at the DNA of the plant, and to do that I use big complicated machines that can look at the tiny tiny DNA and then tell us on the computer what the plant/flower is made up of. Buut, you could always actually look inside the flower by cutting it open and looking in with a microscope. This is called dissection and is very tricky to do with flowers because they are very delicate so you have to be really careful!

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