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| inherited genetic material in a cell not specified by its own nuclues |
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| any of the very tiny rodlike or stringlike structures that occur in nearly all cells of plants and animals, and that process food for water |
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| a small spherical body in the nucleus of a cell, consisting of protein and RNA |
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| in biology, the part of a cell that controls growth and reproduction |
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| in a plant or animal, a speciliazed structure that performs a particular function, such as the heart |
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| the mass of like cells in an animal or plant body especially as they form a specific organ |
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| a membranous enclosure within a cell that contains substances isolated from the protoplasm, such as dissolved acids |
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| the semipermeable membrane that encloses the contents of a cell |
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| the rigid outermost layer of a plant cell, which is made of cellulose |
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| the green pigment in the leaves and stems of plants that is necessary for the production of plant food by photosynthesis |
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| a small green oval bit of protoplasm that contains chlorophyll and is the location of photosynthesis |
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| one of the tiny, threadlike, DNA-containing bodies found in the cell nuclei of all plants and animals, responsible for transmitting hereditary characteristics. |
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