answersLogoWhite

0

Root tips of allium cepa (otherwise known as the onion) are popularly used for cytological studies all over the world for the following reasons:

1) Roots are easy to grow from the base of the bulb kept over a water container.

2) Good quality, unsoiled root tips are easy to obtain.

3) Root tips have very rapid rate of mitosis.

4) The cells are very responsive to staining techniques.

5) The chromosomes are large and fewer in number. (Only 16 in a cell have the diploid condition. 8 is the haploid number.)

6) Fixing, staining, and ultimately making the slides permanent is easy in this material.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Natural Sciences

Why is cell division useful even in an adult who is no longer growing?

Cell division is useful in adults for tissue renewal and replacement of certain cells.


What type of tissue are leaves primarily composed?

Ground tissue. Ground tissue generally forms either the pith, cortex, or bulk of the leaf. Ground Tissue is made up of 3 cell tyes: sclerenchyma, collenchyma, and parenchyma. for those of you ppl looking for info, i hope this information is useful


Who contribute synthetic division?

The French mathematician Descartes is credited with developing synthetic division as a method for dividing polynomials. It is a useful technique for dividing polynomials by linear factors and is commonly used in algebra and calculus.


What is silver impregnation staining?

Silver impregnation staining is a histological technique used to visualize nerve fibers, reticular fibers, and certain fungi in tissue specimens. It involves impregnating the tissue with a silver solution, which binds to the target structures, allowing them to be visualized under a microscope. This staining method is particularly useful for studying the morphology and distribution of these structures in various tissues.


What are the practical application of cell division in life?

It could be used to enhance the growth of plants so that they grow bigger and/or faster. This would have obvious implications on agriculture. It could be used in medicine to improve wound healing. Understanding cell division is essential in our understanding of cancer. I seriously cannot stress how amazingly useful it has been in our discovery of anticancer drugs.

Related Questions

Why is cell division useful even in an adult who is no longer growing?

Cell division is useful in adults for tissue renewal and replacement of certain cells.


What is multiplication not useful for?

for division


Is useful in checking a quotient for long division?

_


How are proteins useful to our bodies?

They are very useful to our body as they are needed for growth and tissue repair


What type of figure would be most useful for showing most useful for showing complex process such as cell division?

a diagram


Why and how is the process of division useful?

When you have children and they all want a fair share of dessert!


How many miles does each division represent?

The answer depends on division of WHAT. And since you have not bothered to share that crucial bit of information, I cannot provide a more useful answer.


Can division be expressed as repeated subtraction?

Yes, at least for integers: You see how often you can subtract a quantity. But I guess it is more useful to think of division as the inverse of multiplication.


What type of figure-would be most useful for showing complex processes such as cell division?

a diagram


What is useful in checking a quotient for long division?

Multiply the answer (quotient) by the divisor. You should get the dividend.


How do you carry out division when the divisor is not an whole number?

It is often useful to convert division into multiplication, by inverting the fraction; dividing by 2/3 is the same as multiplying by 3/2.


What type of figure would be most useful for showing complex processes such cell division?

a diagram