Biology

Mitosis Work

Guillermo Paz

Escriba aqu la ecuacin.

MITOSIS

Questions and Records:

1. The cellulose walls of plant cells are held together by
compounds in the middle lamella. Treatment with
hydrochloric acid breaks these down. Why is this helpful
in your preparation?
Because the hydrochloric acid breaks the compounds in the
middle of lamella. This breaks the cellulose walls of the plant
cell making it easier to see cell division in the cells of the inside.
2. Which part, or parts, of the cells have taken up the
stain? Are there cells present, in which the
chromosomes are not condensed? If yes, why is this?
The cell wall and the chromosomes take up the stain, to be able
to see them. Yes there are cells present, in which the
chromosomes are not condensed because they simple are not
in the stage of cell division. This might be because they are new
cells or they are in the growing and specializing part of their
lives.

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3. Identify cells in the following stages of mitosis:

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and telophase. Draw
outline sketches of a cell to illustrates each stage.
Prophase

Metapha
se

Anaphase

Telophas
e

4. In a given field of view, count the number of cells at

each of the five stages of mitosis. Record this in a
suitable table. Present the results in the form of a pic
chart.
Prophase
6
Metaphase
4
Anaphase
14
Telophase
11

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5. Calculate the mitosis index.

Number of cells containing chromosomes=45

Total number of cells o field of view=130
45
130

9
26

OR 0.346 3 S.F

Guillermo Paz