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Online Onion Root Tips

Determining time spent in different phases of the cell cycle

The assignment

In this activity, you will be presented with cells from the tip of an onion root. You will classify each cell based on what phase it is in. At the end you will count up the cells found in each phase and use those numbers to predict how much time a dividing cell spends in each phase. You can base your calculation on a total cell cycle of 24 hours.

Copy this table onto a piece of paper. You can enter data in this table as you go along, or at the end of the activity.

Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase Total
number of cells 36
percent of cells 100%

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