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Why do all of the phases of mitosis happen at the same time in an onion root?
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∙ 10y ago
Different individual cells will have received slightly different amounts of vital nutrients at different times, therefore, mitosis will not occur at the same rate throughout the onion. Over time, cells will become more out-of-sync and end up mitozing at different times causing each cell to be at different stages of the mitotic cycle.
P.S. Is mitotic even a word - I've never heard it before. Sounds like a smug Biology teacher made it up.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe phases don't all actually happen at the same time, but because onion root cells are constantly going through mitosis you can see many different phases in a section of an onion root tip.
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Which tool is best for a student to use to observe mitosis in an onion root?
A microscope is the best tool for a student to use to observe mitosis in an onion root tip.
Is onion root tip mitosis uncellular or multicellular?
unicellular
Is an onion have tap root?
Onion being a monocot plant has fibrous root system
Why does onion root in water did not grow after cutting root?
You do not need to put an onion root in water, also cutting its roots would not have done any favours to the onion. If you keep the onion in dry and aired environment it will start to sprout naturally and can then be planted.
Is a leek a stem or a root?
An onion, strictly speaking, is a 'bulb' and is a stem.
Which tool is best for a student to use to observe mitosis in an onion root?
A microscope is the best tool for a student to use to observe mitosis in an onion root tip.
What are the most phases that you can observe in root tip?
mitosis
Bella did the onion root mitosis lab before on what?
with edward
Why are onion root tips used to look at mitosis instead of other parts of the onion?
because of you!
What vegetable were edward and Bella looking at when they met?
When they met in Biology class (for the second time) they were looking at 'onion root tip cells' and labelling them into the phases of 'mitosis'. Found on page 38.
What type of cell division is exhibited by the cell in the onion root tip?
Mitosis.
Why you need to heat onion root tips during mitosis?
The reason for mitosis occurring most commonly in the onion root tip is because the onion root tip is a rapidly growing area of the plant.
When Bella and Edward are working on the lab about the phases of mitosis they complete it before anyone else Mr Banner comes to check on them and asks Bella if she has done this lab before What di?
if you mean what did she say, then she said , "Not with onion root."
What is a blatsula?
It is a type of white fish that demonstrates mitosis much like an onion root tip.
How do scientist examine the tip of an onion root?
focous into the lense and look towards the stage
Is onion root tip mitosis uncellular or multicellular?
unicellular
How does mitosis differ between the onion root and the roundworm?
The only difference between vegetal (onion) cells and animal (roundworm) is not quite in mitosis, but in citokinese (not a mitosis phase since mitosis refers to nucleus division). Vegetal cells have a thick wall rounding the cell which needs different means to split than the membrane in animal cells
