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- noun Plural form of
organelle .
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They may be present in the nucleus, as well as in the cell "organelles" that are responsible for photosynthesis, energy processing and other fundamental processes of life.
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One possible paradigm is of the Microsoft Windows system (I'm serious! lol) A cell would be analogous to a computer system, the hardware being all the organelles and proteins and ribosomes and amino acids and sugars, etc.
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These organelles now power our muscles, our digestion, and our brains.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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These cells contain organelles—which divide up the task of cellular life as organs do for a body—including a nucleus where their DNA resides.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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Notice that other than the addition of organelles, eukaryotes are monophyletic.
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One possible paradigm is of the Microsoft Windows system (I'm serious! lol) A cell would be analogous to a computer system, the hardware being all the organelles and proteins and ribosomes and amino acids and sugars, etc.
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Dinosaurs were terrestrial vertebrates, meaning they had complex eukaryotic cells with organelles, heart, brains, muscles, vertebrae, nerve cord.
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The organelles and the membrane would come from existing life.
Better Bubbles 2009
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Dinosaurs were terrestrial vertebrates, meaning they had complex eukaryotic cells with organelles, heart, brains, muscles, vertebrae, nerve cord.
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For example, a cell is considered to be a materialistic thing, a membrane-enclosed compartment containing organelles and a nucleus [for eukaryotic cells].
Against Darwinism 2009
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