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Sieve Description Element Cells Long Narrow Connected Plates

Front description of sieve element cells (6)
Back long and narrow, connected by sieve plates to form the sieve tube, no nuclei and reduced organelles to maximize space for translocation, thick and rigid cell walls to withstand hydrostatic pressures 

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