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Not only do molecular microprocesses go on in cells, but so also do many kinds of purposeful cytological and cytogenetic macroprocesses, which are related to interaction, transformation, and controlled movement of colossal organized cellular masses. Cells consist of many complex interrelated and interacting parts. Discreteness provides inner movement and interaction of cell components, and therefore manifestation of their various properties and functions. Naturally determined location and controlled interaction of elements of the system conditions the emergence of qualitatively new properties and characteristics of cells.
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Zhegunov, G. (2012). Cell Mechanisms. In: The Dual Nature of Life. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30394-4_18
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