Question

ou are studying an animal and inject fluorescein, a fluorescent dye, into a single cell on the surface epithelium of the animal. After a brief period of time, the dye spreads to cells neighboring the injected cell. What do you concludea. The cells are connected by gap junctions. b. The cells are connected by zonulae adherens. c. The cells are connected by tight junctions. d. The cells are connected by plasmodesmata.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. The cells are connected by gap junctions.

Explanation:

Gap junctions are the points of connection between the adjacent cells of animal tissues. These structures are formed by proteins which in turn form narrow channels in the plasma membranes of the neighboring cells. These channels allow the small molecules to pass from the cytoplasm of the one cell to that of another. The spread of dye to the neighboring animal cells would have occurred by gap junctions present between these cells.