The study of the function, chemistry and structure of cells.
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Are lymphocyte sizes clustered in two groups?
Tortora writes in Principles of Anatomy and Physiology:
Lymphocytes may be as small as 6–9 μm in diameter or as large as 10–14 μm in diameter.
Those ranges are quite close to each others. Should ...
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What specific membrane adaptations do cells have for saline-rich environs?
Are the cells of marine animals and flora equipped with special ion exchange pumps to mitigate the effects of a saline-rich environment?
Or have the cell's membranes adapted through structural ...
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X chromosome “weight”?
According to Wikipedia, the X chromosome has approximately 153 million base pairs, while the Y chromosome has only 60 million base pairs. Thus, the difference is roughly 93 million base pairs.
My ...
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To understand why satellite cells are genetically inactive in Barr body
DAPI is used as a stain for DNA heterochromatic and euchromatic regions. The Barr body is heterochromatic.
In the slide of a normal human female cheek's somatic cells, there is apparently no other ...
