Cell Fusion

By Brenda Ogle, Jeffrey Platt

Cells of different types and from different species can fuse, potentially transferring disease, repairing tissues and taking part in development

Biology Evolution Microbiology

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September-October 2004

Volume 92, Number 5
Page 420

DOI: 10.1511/2004.49.420

Ever since Robert Hooke looked through a microscope at a slice of cork in the 17th century and described the little boxes or "cells" that he saw, cells have held a central place in biology.

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