Question

Golgi bodies or Dictyosomes (in plant cells) are associated with:

• A. Packaging and storage of material
• B. Cell plate formation
• C. Secretion of different substances
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above

The number of Golgi bodies or dictyosomes (in plant cells) is very high in cells engaged in the secretory activity and rapid divisions. Golgi apparatus takes part in the transformation of membranes, the formation of a number of products from glycoproteins (e.g. mucin in goblet cells), complex heteropolysaccharides (e.g. mucilage in root cap cells), hormones, melanin, the matrix of connective tissue, middle lamella, acrosome, and lysosomes. It produces vesicles for the packaging and storage of material. Dictyosomes take part in the formation of cell plates during cell division in plant cells.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.