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What are the similarities between plant cells and animal cells?
Posted August 1, 2022
Answer
Despite the many differences between the two, there are also a few similarities between plant cells and animal cells. Both plant and animal cells are eukaryotic. These are the features that are found in both plant cells and animal cells:
- A membrane-bound nucleus, which contains the DNA
- A plasma membrane or cell membrane
- Cytoplasm in which other organelles are suspended
- Nucleolus
- Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
- Ribosomes
- Mitochondrion
- Golgi bodies or Golgi apparatus