blog post #6

    How are the plants in the garden, our own or others, growing and developing as more and more time goes by?  Most of the plants in the garden have stopped growing. I think this might be because of the lack of space each plant has. This also might have to do with the amount that we water the plants and how the seeds were all planted. Some plants are doing better than others because they have either more space, received more water, or the seeds were planted better.
   Another reason plants in the garden are gaining biomass is mitosis. Mitosis is the division of cells. In mitosis there are 6 stages of where the cell is taking the process of dividing. The first stage is called interphase. Interphase is the stage in which the cell spends 90% of its time in this phase. The second stage is prophase. Prophase is when the nuclear membrane starts to disintegrate, the chromosomes condense, and the centrioles move to opposite poles. The third stage is metaphase, this is when the chromosomes attach to the spindle fiber and the chromosomes line up the middle. The fourth stage of mitosis is anaphase. Anaphase is when the centromeres split and the spindles retract and pull sister chromatids apart. This is also when the chromosomes move to opposite poles or towards the centrioles. The fifth stage of mitosis is telophase and this is when the chromosomes cluster at the poles and the chromosomes uncoil back into chromatin. In this phase the nuclear envelop reforms around each new nuclei and the cell membrane starts to pinch in the middle. In the final stage of mitosis, where mitosis is completely finished, cytokinesis the cell membrane moves inward and pinches in the middle forming two identical cells. This process of cell division (mitosis) is what makes it possible to create or reproduce new identical cells that help increase biomass in plants.
   Third of all, photosynthesis helps plants gain more biomass. Photosynthesis is the process in which light energy is captured and stored to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis helps plants gain biomass because photosynthesis is the way plants make food for themselves and this is how they grow constantly. Cellular respiration is the process through which cells convert sugars into energy. Cellular respiration helps plants gain biomass because energy is converted during this process. This helps plants gain biomass because sugars are being broken down and energy is being made and the more energy the more the plant will grow.
   Plants in the garden produce many different things. But what would happen if the plant sent signals to the nucleus to produce enzymes? If plants were able to send signals to the nucleus to produce more PKG and ribulose 1 or 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase things would be different. Depending on what signals the plant sends to the nucleus there would be different results. The 5-biophosphate would help oxygen and carbon dioxide to be let out sooner and faster.

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