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PART - 1 - Unit III : CH - 8 Cell: The Unit of Life — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYPART - 1 - Unit III : CH - 8 Cell: The Unit of Life2 Marks
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Cell is the basic unit of life. Discuss in brief.
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Cell is the basic unit of life. Every living existence is made up of cells. It is the structural and functional unit of life. Biological properties like reproducing, mutating, showing response to stimuli are found in it. Besides, it also contains the morphological, physical, physiological, biochemical, genetic and evolutionary characteristics of the organism to which it is related.
.In short, a cell is the smallest unit of an organism in which all the characteristics of that specific organism are found. 

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