Why is acetic acid added to onion root tip experiment slide?
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Fixed root tips can be stored for at least two weeks prior to staining. Treatment with acid and heat is used to break up the cellulose cell wall allowing stain to permeate the tissue and makes it easier to squash the tissue on a microscope slide. Aceto-orcein stain which contain acetic acid turns chromosomes a purple-red colour.
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