MATS 10931: Cell Biology

Cell Cycle

Rudolph Virchow, 1858: "Where a cell arises there must be a previous cell"

  • Adult human has approximately 100,000 billion cells
  • All originate from a single cell, the fertilised egg cell
  • Continuously dividing cells replace dying cells
Cytokinesis movie 1 Cytokinesis movie 2
Movies obtained from http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/salmon/lab/mafia/mafiamovies.html

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