I found the Intro to Cell and Virus Structure site to be very useful-- I loved the relative sizes and detection devices diagram. Interesting data point: human body has 75 trillion cells!
I took a lot of notes about these sites on my assignment sheet. Too tired to copy them all down now, but I swear I looked at them all! Another interesting factoid-- "modern biology" is only since 1839 -- the idea that all living things are made of cells concept......
Also interesting-- questions about cellular evolution-- cells came from non-living chemicals--volcanic eruptions plus lightening plus UV radiation = amino acids rain down and form CELLULAR SOUP! Or.... up from hydrothermal vents, or fell from meteors....... hmmmmmm?
Spikes Gallery-- I want to have a blown up picture of the fossil diatoms from Oamaru in my living room! Absolutely magnificent.
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