What happens when formalin preserved Spirogyra filament is placed in a hypertonic sugar solution?

It gains turgidity

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It looses turgidity

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It becomes plasmolysed

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Nothing happens

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Solution

The correct option is C Nothing happens
When the spirogyra filament is preserved in the formalin, its selective permeability gets lost as a result there is no effect on the filament when placed in a hypertonic sugar solution.
So, the correct option is 'Nothing happens'.

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