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    The document discusses an experiment where students examined onion root tip cells exposed to a weed killer to see the effects on mitosis. They found that the treated cells were unable to progress through anaphase and telophase, indicating the weed killer disrupted spindle formation and function during cell division.

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    The document discusses an experiment where students examined onion root tip cells exposed to a weed killer to see the effects on mitosis. They found that the treated cells were unable to progress through anaphase and telophase, indicating the weed killer disrupted spindle formation and function during cell division.

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    Exercise 3

    1) Many weed killers disrupt mitosis. To see what one such weed killer would do, a class
    of high school students examined slides of onion root tip cells which had been
    exposed to a weed killer. They counted the number of cells in each stage of mitosis
    and compared them to the frequencies which they observed for the unexposed onion
    root tip cells. The data is shown in the table below.

    Proportion of Cells in a Specific Mitotic Stage in Treated versus Untreated Onion


    Root Tips
    Mitotic Stage Untreated Onion Root Tips Onion Root Tips Treated
    with Weed Killer
    Prophase 60% 60%
    Metaphase 15% 39%
    Anaphase 10% < 1%
    Telophase 15% < 1%

    a. Starting with the cells shown below, diagram the mitotic sequence for an
    untreated versus a treated onion root tip cell. Be sure to label the stages.
    Untreated Onion Root Tip Cell Treated Onion Root Tip Cell

    b. In the experiment on the previous page, identify the:

    © Modeling Instruction – AMTA 1 Unit 5 – Growth and Reproduction


    Exercise 3
    i. IV
    Weedkiller
    ii. DV
    Onion

    iii. Control
    1. Onion w/ no weedkiller

    c. Which stages of mitosis are not seen in the root tip cells treated with weed
    killer? Anaphase Telophase

    i. What do you think the treated cells are unable to do which accounts for
    the absence of these stages? Justify your answer.

    The spindles aren’t working.

    ii. Propose a way to test your hypothesis.

    d. Weed killers often carry warning labels which state that they should not be
    applied in the presence of pregnant women and small children. In light of the
    results presented above, give a reason why these particular groups of people
    should not be exposed to weed killers. Justify your answer.

    © Modeling Instruction – AMTA 2 Unit 5 – Growth and Reproduction

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