Talk:Animal cell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of the Molecular and Cellular Biology WikiProject. To participate, visit the WikiProject for more information. The WikiProject's current monthly collaboration is focused on improving Restriction enzyme. |
||
| Redirect | This article has been rated as Redirect-Class on the assessment scale. | ||
|
Article Grading: The article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need. |
|||
I don't know who put "poop" as an organelle or added "soup is cool" to the article, but it's back to how it should be.
Contents |
[edit] Plant Cells and Animal Cell Differences
What do plant cells have that animals cells don't? Plant cells have a cell wall, right? But what is really the difference? What more difference is there?
- Plant cells possess chloroplasts, while animal cells do not. This allows plants to perform photosynthesis, and gives many of them their distinctive green color. The green, by the way, is thanks to everyone's favorite pigment, chlorophyll. Many plant cells have a large central vacuole, which serves to increase the cell's surface area without increasing the amount of metabolically active volume within the cell (see surface area to volume ratio). The central vacuoles also give the cells turgor pressure when full. That's why, if you don't water a plant, it begins to wilt. Its central vacuoles lose water, and the cells subsequently lose their turgor pressure, which causes them to lose their shape. Plant cells don't have cholesterol in their membranes, while animal cells do. Those are all the differences I can think of for now. Feel free to drop me a line on my talk page if you have any questions! --Joanna 04:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Prokarotic mistake
An animal cell is a.... The animal cell is distinct from other prokaryotes, most notably plant cells, ... Since when are plant cells "prokaryotes"? Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista are all Eukaryotes. Shouldn't it be Eukaryotes?
DrakeKobra 22:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] IN answer to your question
Quote: Plant Cells and Animal Cell Differences
What do plant cells have that animals cells don't? Plant cells have a cell wall, right? But what is really the difference? What more difference is there? unquote
Plant cells don't have flagellum or cilia, animals don't have chloroplasts, leucoplasts, or chromoplasts, plant cells arn't mobile, plant cells don't use centrioles to copy thier DNA during cell division, animal cells don't have a central vacuole, The Mitochondria have different functions in animal and plant cells, and among other things plant cells aren't aerobic.
DrakeKobra 22:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
- I may be wrong, but I thought that mitochondria served the same purpose in both animal and plant cells. In both, they perform aerobic respiration, right? The difference between the metabolism of plants and animals lies in that plants create their own sugars with their chloroplasts while animals ingest their energy sources. In both, the mitochondria serve to break the larger energy molecules down to the much more manageable ATP. I did successfully ace both AP Bio in HS and Principles of Biology at college, so I'm inclined to believe I'm correct, but if you can provide evidence to the contrary, I would be willing to reconsider my opinion. --Joanna 04:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- This subject is discussed more fully on the eukaryote page and the metabolism page, which is currently being rewritten. TimVickers 05:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Animal Cells
I think that animal cells should be prokaryotes and no eukaryotes.
Jordan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.218.87.201 (talk) 23:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
