The document discusses a student's biology lab work on mitosis. The student treated plant cell samples with hydrochloric acid to break down cell walls and better view cell division. The student observed that cell walls and chromosomes took up stain, and some cells had uncondensed chromosomes because they were not actively dividing. The student drew sketches illustrating the stages of mitosis and counted cells at each stage in a field of view, recording results in a table and pie chart. The student calculated the mitosis index by dividing the number of dividing cells by the total number of cells observed.
The document discusses a student's biology lab work on mitosis. The student treated plant cell samples with hydrochloric acid to break down cell walls and better view cell division. The student observed that cell walls and chromosomes took up stain, and some cells had uncondensed chromosomes because they were not actively dividing. The student drew sketches illustrating the stages of mitosis and counted cells at each stage in a field of view, recording results in a table and pie chart. The student calculated the mitosis index by dividing the number of dividing cells by the total number of cells observed.
The document discusses a student's biology lab work on mitosis. The student treated plant cell samples with hydrochloric acid to break down cell walls and better view cell division. The student observed that cell walls and chromosomes took up stain, and some cells had uncondensed chromosomes because they were not actively dividing. The student drew sketches illustrating the stages of mitosis and counted cells at each stage in a field of view, recording results in a table and pie chart. The student calculated the mitosis index by dividing the number of dividing cells by the total number of cells observed.
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.
Biology
Mitosis Work
Guillermo Paz
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