In a hypotonic solution, why do red blood cells burst whereas plant cells enlarge without bursting?

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Esteve Camps · Answer 1 · 2024-04-22T11:15:46+0000

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plant cells have a vacuole that stores sap, in hypotonic solution this vacuole can store this solution and the plant cell has a cell wall and a membrane, the cell wall holds the plant cell together whilst the animal cell doesn't have any of these.

In a hypotonic solution, why do red blood cells burst whereas plant cells enlarge without bursting?

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