Question

Write the function of heterocysts

Answer 1

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☑️store house of Reserve food materials .

☑️They produce substance that stimulate growth and cell division in adjacent cells .

☑️they are the sides of nitrogen fixation .

☑️they help in vegetative breakdown of thallus and help in multiplication .

☑️they stimulate the production of akinetes .

☑️sometimes they give rise to vegetative filament

☑️they are also regarded as vestigial reproductive structure which have lost the spore like function in course of time

Answer 2

Functions of Heterocysts are as follows :

1. Store house of reserved food materials.

2. They are the sites of nitrogen fixation.

3. Some times they give rise to vegetative ailments.