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Infographic: Red Blood Cell Shape
What happens when myosin inside red blood cells can't do its job?
Infographic: Red Blood Cell Shape
Infographic: Red Blood Cell Shape
What happens when myosin inside red blood cells can't do its job?
What happens when myosin inside red blood cells can't do its job?
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How Red Blood Cells Get Their Dimples
Ashley Yeager | Sep 1, 2018
Myosin proteins tug on the cell membrane, giving an erythrocyte its distinct shape.
Study: Ducklings Can Think Abstractly
Alison F. Takemura | Jul 17, 2016
When imprinted on toy blocks, the young birds gravitate toward new toys that are the same shape or color as the originals, according to a study.
Taking Shape
Wallace F. Marshall | Dec 1, 2013
The causes of a cell’s three-dimensional structure remain a fundamental mystery of cell biology.