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Why does the cell wall in plant cell do not burst when the solution is hypotonic ?

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Plant cells swell up when kept in hypotonic solution because plant cells absorb large amounts of water in hypotonic solution such that the vacuole is completely filled with water and the cytoplasm presses against the cell wall. But it does not get burst due to the presence of cell wall. Cell wall can withstand dilute hypotonic media and prevents bursting of cells. Therefore, plant cells withstand changes in environmental concentration much better than animal cells which get burst in such conditions.


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