2006-10-26 13:54:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Cells and organelles are almost transparent to normal light.
Different parts of the cell will take up stains differentially, so you can see the parts that have taken up the stain, and distinguish between them by how dark they are (the amount of stain taken up).
The downside is that the stains are binding to things within the cell, so the cell isn't going to function quite normally. To view living cells, you might try "phase contrast microscopy" first.
2006-10-26 13:57:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A stain can highlight areas that would not normally stand out. For example, using an iodine stain when looking for where a cell is storing the most starch.
2006-10-26 20:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by Beef 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
highlights sum parts of the cell
like the nucleus and the cell walls.
2006-10-26 23:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by deeptisharma92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋