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What happens to plant and animal cells in isotonic,hypotonic, and hypertonic cells

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Isotonic solution nothing happens to the cell it exists as it is.....in a hypotonic solution the cell will shrivel up and in hypertonic solution it will swell to the point of rupturing (aka cytolyse)
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