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 4, Problem 4.4PS
Sentence Completion. Complete each of the following statements about cellular structure in ten words or less.
(a) If you were shown an electron micrograph of a section of a cell and were asked to identify the cell as plant or animal, one thing you might do is …
(b) A slice of raw apple placed in a concentrated sugar solution will …
(c) A cellular structure that is visible with an electron microscope but not with a light microscope is …
(d) Several environments in which you are more likely to find archaea than bacteria are …
(e) One reason that it might be difficult to separate lysosomes from peroxisomes by centrifugation techniques is that …
(f) The
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