BIO 1140 Lecture Notes - Arabidopsis Thaliana, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Rudolf Virchow

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A cell is the fundamental unit of life. Every organism either consists of a group of cells or is a single cell itself. A cell is the structural and reproductive unit of life. Contains water based fluids, salts, organic molecules, etc. The cell theory: all organisms consist of one or more cells (cells are the fundamental unit of life, the cell is the basic unit of structure for all organisms (theodor schwann and. Matthias schleiden: all cells arise only from pre-existing cells (cells are the basic unit of reproduction) (rudolf virchow) Cells are diverse but have similar basic chemistry. Contain similar macromolecules that are common across all cells. Genetic material is highly conserved across all organisms; the similarities are greater than differences. All cells are capable of metabolism (i. e. : oxidizing sugars into atp / the common currency of energy) Shapes that reflect function (i. e. : intestinal cells = square shaped, which increases surface area for digestion)

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