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socalgal2yesterday at 7:35 PM3 repliesview on HN

Cells are small? compared to what? An ostrich egg is a single cell


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bilsbieyesterday at 8:04 PM

I never bought into the egg thing. There’s clearly a distinct cell in the center that’s going to divide and grow inside the egg. The egg itself isn’t undergoing mitosis.

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graypeggyesterday at 7:43 PM

I don't know for sure here, but isn't the ostrich IN the egg a multicellular animal? I would assume the first point where the egg contains anything that will become the ostrich, mitosis is happening to make more ostrich cells. I'm assuming there's always cell walls and nucleuses every step of the way here, and the egg and ostrich are never just one big cell.

I could be off base here though, I'm really channeling grade 9 bio class from decades ago!

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jackmalpoyesterday at 8:02 PM

skeletal muscle cells can be many cm in length

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