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Plant cells are amazing! In this episode, we'll cover wild features inside plant cells! At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common: they’re both highly organized, keep their ...
Plant cells have some specialized properties that make them distinct from animal cells. Learn how special structures, such as chloroplasts and cell walls, create this distinction.
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This surge inside doomed cells is a distress call as if to say, “we're going down; save yourselves.” “They’re sending out signals to the rest of the plant that we’re under attack” in order to prime ...
A new UC Riverside-led study reveals how common small particles produced by nature as well as human activities can transform upon entering plant cells and weaken plants' ability to turn sunlight ...
Sharp ice crystals that form inside plant cells slice open the delicate cell walls. When water in the soil is frozen into ice, plants’ roots can’t absorb it.
At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common: they’re both highly organized, keep their DNA tucked away in an envelope, and are kinda juicy inside.