Chapter 6-A Tour of the Cell
Subject:
Biology [1]
Copyright ? 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings PowerPoint? Lecture Presentations for Biology Eighth Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero, updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp Chapter 6 A Tour of the Cell Overview: The Fundamental Units of Life ? All organisms are made of cells ? The cell is the simplest collection of matter that can live ? Cell structure is correlated to cellular function ? All cells are related by their descent from earlier cells Copyright ? 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Fig. 6-1 Concept 6.1: To study cells, biologists use microscopes and the tools of biochemistry ? Though usually too small to be seen by the