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It's believed that Golgi was originally an independent organism who was eventually absorbed into our cells, where he began work on his Apparatus.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

aw hell nah i got norton in me

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Midichlorians are the force-house of the cell

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

I love the explainxkcd meme of marking obviously true statements with [citation needed] and this one has a couple doozies:

Even a single star is far too big to fit in a cell. [citation needed]

The real Golgi was not and is not a tiny alien being who merged with our cells, as the comic and title text imply. [citation needed]

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Lithosphere and mantle. Got it. 👍

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Hypoallergenic filling is technically correct

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Found the power house!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The cell as seen by a molecular biologist:

Inside

Nucleus

Outside

Gene/protein of interest

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It somehow differs from the picture in my biology book, IIRC ;-)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same. Mine has the nucleoloulous on the right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Mine has McAfee in stead of Norton Antivirus

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Antivirus is not enough! Use Protegent!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Man of course our cells have both a weak spot and a drain plug. Engineers, man.