The cell a very short introduction /
All living things on Earth are composed of cells. A cell is the simplest unit of a self-contained living organism, and the vast majority of life on Earth consists of single-celled microbes, mostly bacteria. These consist of a simple 'prokaryotic' cell, with no nucleus. The bodies of more c...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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Series: | Very short introductions ;
285. |
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Table of Contents:
- The nature of cells
- The structure of cells
- The nucleus
- The life of cells
- What cells can do
- Stem cells
- Cellular therapy
- The future of cell research.