What is the purpose of using iodine to stain plant cells and what organelles does it allow you to see?
2007-03-18 14:37:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Well, most structures and molecules of the cell are completely transparent, and so if you don't stain the cell, you can't see anything. Iodine stains polysaccharides, and it will let you see membranes, predominantly the nuclear membrane, and will also stain the chromatin and the nuceoli inside.
2007-03-18 14:41:59 · answer #1 · answered by kz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Staining plant cells will make the parts of the plant cells be visible. Organelles that would be seen differs in the degree of how you stain, but most of the time, almost all of them will be visible. *^^*
2007-03-18 15:10:33 · answer #2 · answered by :) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Staining makes some cell parts show up that otherwise would be rather clear or colorless. The nucleus is not technically an organelle, but it shows up better, as well as any nucleoli inside.
2007-03-18 14:41:14 · answer #3 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋