Inquiry Into Life (16th Edition)
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Author: Sylvia S. Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Explain the purpose of cilia, flagella, and centrosomes in the cell.
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Inquiry Into Life (16th Edition)
Ch. 3.1 - Explain why cells are the basic unit of life.Ch. 3.1 - List the basic principles of the cell theory.Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 3.1 - Prob. 1QTCCh. 3.1 - Prob. 2QTCCh. 3.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 3.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 3.1 - 3. Describe the metabolic challenges of a large...Ch. 3.2 - Describe the fundamental components of a bacterial...Ch. 3.2 - Identify the key differences between the archaea...
Ch. 3.2 - Explain the function of the plasma membrane.Ch. 3.2 - Identify the key bacterial structures and their...Ch. 3.2 - Explain the general differences between a...Ch. 3.3 - Recognize the structure and function of the...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 3.3 - Explain the function of the cell wall in...Ch. 3.3 - Describe how the endomembrane system acts as a...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 3.4 - Compare and contrast the structural differences...Ch. 3.4 - Identify the cellular structures that are composed...Ch. 3.4 - Explain the purpose of cilia, flagella, and...Ch. 3.4 - Identify the structural makeup of actin filaments,...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 3.4 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 3.5 - Define endosymbiosis.Ch. 3.5 - Describe how the endosymbiotic theory explains...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 3.5 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 3 - Prob. S1.2BYBCh. 3 - Prob. S2.3BYBCh. 3 - Prob. S2.6BYBCh. 3 - The cell theory states: a. Cells form as...Ch. 3 - As the size of a cell decreases, the ratio of its...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3ACh. 3 - Prob. 4ACh. 3 - Small circular pieces of DNA that are found in the...Ch. 3 - Eukaryotic cells contain a. a nucleus b. DNA c....Ch. 3 - The combination of DNA and protein in the nucleus...Ch. 3 - Prob. 8ACh. 3 - Prob. 9ACh. 3 - Prob. 10ACh. 3 - Prob. 11ACh. 3 - Prob. 12ACh. 3 - Prob. 13ACh. 3 - Prob. 14ACh. 3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 3 - Why does the science of synthetic biology still...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3TC
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