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What are vacuoles?

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Large compartments, its the result of fusion of smaller vacuoles, bounded by membrane called tonoplast, serve to expand cells volume and water storing or other products for metabolic processes.


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Large compartments of plant cells, produced by fusion between several smaller vacuoes in cytoplasm, enveloped by membrane called tonoplast, serves in increasing cell volume without diluting plasma membrane, and storing water and other molecules necessary for metabolic reactions.
Large compatments in plant cells, result from fusion of smaller vacuoles, surrounded by membrane called tonoplast, serve in enlarging cell volume without diluting the membrane and storing water and other compounds necessary for metabolic reactions

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