Which area has a higher percentage of cells in mitosis

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Assignment:

Yeast

1. Do you see a difference in the distribution of cell cycle stages present between the two types of yeast?

2. Was your hypothesis regarding the drug, hydroxyurea, confirmed or refuted. Explain how your results support your reasoning.

Onion

1. Which area has a higher percentage of cells in mitosis? Apical meristem or root cap?

2. Why might this area have more mitosis compared to the other area?

3. What might be the purpose of an area with low mitosis?

4. Colchicine is a common toxin that comes from meadow saffron and has a wide variety of uses in both medicinal practice and laboratory research. Imagine you treated onion root tips with colchicine which has the ability to depolymerize microtubules. Recall that microtubules are a cytoskeletal element and have key roles during mitosis. If a microtubule polymer cannot be formed, what do you predict the impact may be on cells that have begun mitosis?

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