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MarcL
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Homework Statement
Suggest a hypothesis to explain why algal and plant cells have cell walls. Suppose that mutant individuals from each group lacked a cell wall. How could you use these individuals to test your hypothesis?
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
My hypothesis was that it was to adapt to the aquatic environment. ( I don't really know how to explain it, isn't the cell wall in algal to protect them from osmotic pressure? ). The way to test it I said was to use the Benedict's test for reducing sugar because there's polysaccharides in plants ( again, not sure but in the chloroplasts?). I was reading my book and I didn't find an answer anywhere for this