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The Cell: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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The Cell: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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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 complex plants and animals consist
of billions of 'eukaryotic' cells, of varying kinds, adapted to
fill different roles - red blood cells, muscle cells, branched
neurons. Each cell is an astonishingly complex chemical factory,
the activities of which we have only begun to unravel in the past
fifty years or so through modern techniques of microscopy,
biochemistry, and molecular biology. In this Very Short
Introduction, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling describe the nature
of cells - their basic structure, their varying forms, their
division, their differentiation from initially highly flexible stem
cells, their signalling, and programmed death. Cells are the basic
constituent of life, and understanding cells and how they work is
central to all biology and medicine. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very
Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains
hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized
books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas,
and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly
readable.
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