If you were looking under the compound light microscope at an onion root tip, in what stage of the cell cycle would the majority of the cells be?

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Johnathon Kidd

23 November, 07:14

If you were looking under the compound light microscope at an onion root tip, in what stage of the cell cycle would the majority of the cells be?

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Bobby Poole · Answer 1

Answer: Stage M (Mitosis).

Explanation: The root tip is a meristem and this means that the root tip is responsible for the root growth. To do that, root tip cells divides actively to form root tissues, so that if we look an onion root tip under the microscope, the majority of cells will be in division, called mitosis, or Stage M of the cell cycle.