Practice question
Question
Continuity of cytoplasm from cell to cell is maintained through cytoplasmic connections in plants called:
Explanation
Plasmodesmata are cytoplasmic channels traversing cell walls, connecting protoplasts and containing desmotubule derived from ER, enabling symplastic transport of metabolites and signals. Tight and gap junctions are animal-specific; ER alone is not intercellular.
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