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Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, 4/e
Rod R. Seeley, Idaho State University
Philip Tate, Phoenix College
Trent D. Stephens, Idaho State University
Cell Structures and their Functions

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The Dictionary of Cell Biology
(http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/%7Ejulian/Dict.html)

This site contains a friendly and comprehensive dictionary related to cytology, histology, and molecular biology.
Question: What role does aquaporin play in membrane transport?
Nucleic Acids
(http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/lm/nucleicacids/nucleicacids.html)

Diagrams of nucleotides and complementary base pairing in DNA are provided at this site.
Question: What does "complementary base pairing" mean?
Nucleic Acids
(http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/NetBiochem/nucacids.htm)

This site describes the structure of nucleic acids, the semiconservative nature of DNA synthesis, DNA repair, RNA synthesis, and the three major types of RNA.
Question: Why is the replication of DNA referred to as being semi-conservative?
Cell Division: Binary Fission and Mitosis
(http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookmito.html)

This site provides a detailed text description of cell division.
Question: On a piece of paper, sketch and describe the stages of cell division.








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