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... continuous cellulose coat , and thus has the distinctive character of a vegetable cell . Secondly , it possesses the power of construct- ing Protein out of such a compound as Ammonium Tartrate , and this power of manufacturing Protein ...
... continuous cellulose coat , and thus has the distinctive character of a vegetable cell . Secondly , it possesses the power of construct- ing Protein out of such a compound as Ammonium Tartrate , and this power of manufacturing Protein ...
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... continuous with the cellulose wall , into two or more portions , and the cells thus produced by fission become sepa- rate , and grow to the size of that form from which they started . In this manner Protococcus multiplies with very ...
... continuous with the cellulose wall , into two or more portions , and the cells thus produced by fission become sepa- rate , and grow to the size of that form from which they started . In this manner Protococcus multiplies with very ...
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... . Physically , the ectosarc might be compared to the wall of a soap - bubble , which , though fluid , has a certain viscosity , which not only enables its particles to hold together and form a continuous 18 [ III ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY .
... . Physically , the ectosarc might be compared to the wall of a soap - bubble , which , though fluid , has a certain viscosity , which not only enables its particles to hold together and form a continuous 18 [ III ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY .
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Thomas Henry Huxley. enables its particles to hold together and form a continuous sheet , but permits a rod to be passed into or through the bubble without bursting it ; the walls closing together , and recovering their continuity , as ...
Thomas Henry Huxley. enables its particles to hold together and form a continuous sheet , but permits a rod to be passed into or through the bubble without bursting it ; the walls closing together , and recovering their continuity , as ...
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... - plasmic contents , which fill the tube formed by the wall , and present large central clear spaces , or vacuoles . At intervals , transverse partitions , continuous with the walls of the tube 30 [ v . ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY .
... - plasmic contents , which fill the tube formed by the wall , and present large central clear spaces , or vacuoles . At intervals , transverse partitions , continuous with the walls of the tube 30 [ v . ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY .
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