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Onion peel - Epidermal cells

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  C ells are the smallest structural and functional unit of life. Cells are smaller than a grain of sand! But what do they do? As the definition suggests, they carry out all the processes in organisms such as growth and repair. Cells have multiple tiny - tiny cell organelles which help in various activities of the cell from carrying genetic material to synthesizing proteins and creating huge organisms such as us, Humans!     Some cells have a specific shape, due to a structura l  protein called cellulose present in the cell wall , like  plant cells and some don't  such as human cells. In t his blog lets dive into the plant  cell!  Plant cells  contain a cell wall  which gives  them their rigid  shape. They also contain  the plasma  membrane   through which the exchange of  materials  take  place. Cells contain a jelly like substance  called  the  cytoplasm ...