Biology A-Level
Named stains and their targets
What Named stains and their targets means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Named stains and their targets
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Reference: OCR
Iodine solution stains starch granules and is used to make plant cell contents visible, while methylene blue stains nuclei and other acidic components in animal cells.
Topics that use Named stains and their targets
- Cell structure (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Cell structure
- Comparing cell structure across eukaryotic organisms
- Correct use of the light microscope
- Estimating real cell dimensions
- Eukaryotic cell diversity
- Exocytosis and ATP supply
- Golgi apparatus
- Intracellular and whole-cell movement
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