Lifecycle of a cell (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Lifecycle of a cell

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Lifecycle of a biological cell: cell (in centre) before mitosis (cell division) takes place. From bottom left and then clockwise: the cells become rounder and the shell thickens as the insides of the cell change - soften and fluidify. The genetic material is shared out to create two new daughter cells. (Image taken with a confocal microscope, research carried out using optical tweezers)

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Sebastian Hurst

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