Becker's World of the Cell (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321934925
Author: Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.5PS
The Contemporary Strands of Cell Biology. For each pair of techniques listed, indicate whether its members belong to the cytological, biochemical, or genetic strand of cell biology (see Figure 1-2). Suggest one advantage that the second technique has over the first technique.
(a) Light microscopy/electron microscopy
(b) Centrifugation/ultracentrifugation
(c) Cell cultures/model organisms
(d) Sequencing of a genome/bioinformatics
(e) Transmission electron microscopy/scanning electron microscopy
(f) Chromatography/electrophoresis
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