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Who discovered plasmolysis?


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Plasmolysis:

  1. Plasmolysis is defined as the process of contraction or shrinkage of the protoplasm of a plant cell and is caused due to the loss of water in the cell.
  2. Plasmolysis is an example of the results of osmosis and rarely occurs in nature.

Discovered by: The term plasmolysis was coined by De Vries.


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