Plant versus Animal Cell

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Plant versus Animal Cell
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Plant Cells has unique features

• Plastids
• Non-photosynthetic storage Ex.
  Potatoes-starch, Ripe fruit - pigments
• Photosynthetic plastid called a chloroplast
  site of photosynthesis

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Plant Cells has unique features

• Central Vacuole
• Storage
• Holds reserves of organic compounds
• Repository for byproducts that would be toxic to
  the cell
• Repository for pigments
• Growth
• Fills with water that pushes cytoplasm against
  cell wall.
• If cell wall has capability to loosen, cell will
  expand

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Plant Cells has unique features

• Cell Wall
• Protects the cell
• Maintains shape

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Plant Cell
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Animal Cells have unique features

• Lysosomes
• Where macromolecules are hydrolyzed
• Breaks down worn out organelles
• Defective lysosomes give rise to diseases.
• Ex. Tay Sachs disease

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Animal Cell