Phagocytosis Conceptual Art (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Phagocytosis Conceptual Art

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Phagocytosis, or cell eating, is a key feature of eukaryotic cells that is not present in the archaea or bacteria. Current genomic data provides the key to this and other complex processes with hints at how they may have originated.

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© AMNH/S. Thurston

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