MITOSIS or Cell Division in a Plant--PROPHASE (Late or Pro-metaphase) Onion Root Tip, 500X - Stockfoto

MITOSIS or Cell Division in a Plant--PROPHASE (Late or Pro-metaphase), Onion Root Tip, 500X. This image shows: chromosomes (dark), spindle and spindle fibers. Stains used: Hematoxylin (stains chromosomes), Feulgen (stains the cytoplasm and cell wall reddish-purple). The onion root tip is an exellent place to find mitosis since it is a part of the plant (apicl meristem) that has a very high multiplication of cells by cell division.