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Nails and claws are not constituted by cells. Instead, they are proteins called keratin secreted produced by nearby cells. That is also the same protein used to make hair.

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Which parts of the human cell controls how the cell will grow and what specialized job the cell will have?

The nucleus


What is the function od nucleus in animal cell?

The nucleus is a highly specialized organelle that serves as the information and administrative center of the cell.


What is a type of cell that contains a nucleus specialized organelles and genetic material?

eukaryotic cell


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A bacterial cell has no nucleus. It is prokaryotic, meaning before nucleus, whereas a plant cell has a nucleus and is eukaryotic, meaning true nucleus. Also, plant cells are often specialized whereas bacterial never are.


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No, organelles do not have a nucleus. Organelles are specialized subunits within a cell that perform specific functions, while the nucleus is a membrane-bound organelle that houses the cell's genetic material.


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A typical eukaryotic cell would contain?

Many things such as... a nucleus and specialized organelles.


What cells do not have a nucleus?

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Is a animal cell a eukaryote cell?

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A cell wall, chloroplasts, a nucleus, and a vacuole which is in a leaf cell and just to let you know the chloroplasts make the leaf green.


What makes a palisade cell specialized?

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