Mitosis: Evaluating the Effects of Lectin on Onion Root Tip Cell Division
Explore mitosis in this virtual lab! Here, you will analyze scallion root tip cells to determine the effect of lectins on the rate of mitosis. You will also identify and count the number of cells in each phase of the cell cycle and use the collected data to perform a chi-square analysis.
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Topics
- allium fistulosum
- anaphase
- animal cell
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- cell cycle
- cell division
- centrosome
- chi-square analysis
- chi-square test
- chromosome squashes
- chromosomes
- comparative study
- Compound microscope
- control sample
- Critical value
- cytokinesis
- cytoplasm
- cytoplasmic division
- Degrees of freedom (df)
- DNA
- DNA replication
- double-stranded DNA
- eukaryotic cell cycle
- Eukaryotic cells
- experimental sample
- genetically identical cells
- genomic DNA
- green onion
- grow
- hypothesis
- interphase
- lectin solution
- lectin-free solution
- Lectins
- M phase
- metaphase
- mitogens
- mitosis
- mitotic (M) phase
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- nuclear division
- nucleus
- null hypothesis
- onion root tip
- organelles
- p-value
- PHA-M
- Phaseolus vulgaris
- Phases of the cell cycle
- phytohemagglutinin-M (PHA-M)
- prometaphase
- prophase
- proteins
- random chance
- rate of mitosis
- replicated chromosomes
- reproduction
- scallion root-tip
- significant difference
- spring onion
- statistically significant
- T-lymphocytes
- telophase