Discuss one observation that you found interesting while looking at the onion root tip cells

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Cheeto

2 February, 20:08

Discuss one observation that you found interesting while looking at the onion root tip cells

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Roselyn · Answer 1

Root tip cells are fast growing cells, it is due to them that the root can grow and lengthen.

What is interesting about the observation of these cells is that we can observe all the phases of the life of the cell. Given its rapid division, we can observe the different phases of mitosis which are prophase (condensation of chromatin), metaphase (alignment of chromosomes on the equatorial plate), anaphase (separation of sister chromatids), telophase (formation of both nuclei) and cytokinesis (separation of nuclei and division of cytosol in two).