Cells are in interphase 90% of the time, and, since most of the creation of plant cells occurs in the root tips, you would witness mostly interphase.
2.Based on the data in Table 3.1, what can you infer about the relative length of time an onion root tip cell spends in each stage of cell division?Most of a cells life cycle is spent in interphase. Metaphase is the longest stage of mitosis, and anaphase is the shortest.
