Explain the Plasmolysis ?

Answer Posted / amjad

When two solutions are separated by a semipermeable
membrane water moves from high concentration to low
concentration. Plasmolysis is a phenomenon when a cell is
placed in solution with high salt concentration than its
cytoplasm ie with low water conc than its cytoplasn, then
water moves from cytoplasm to outside and cell shrinks.

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