Biology A-Level
Lysis and crenation in animal cells
What Lysis and crenation in animal cells means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Lacking a cell wall, animal cells in a higher water potential solution swell and may burst (lysis), and in a lower water potential solution they shrink and become crenated.
Topics that use Lysis and crenation in animal cells
- Biological membranes (OCR A-Level)
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