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Many kinds of cells move by swimming or in other ways. Movements also occur within cells where Brownian movement is common and cytoplasm sometimes flows from one part of a plant cell to another (cyclosis). Movement means that work is being done. Work is also done when atoms in molecules are re-arranged in the numerous chemical changes in cells. Because energy is needed to do work the physical laws applicable to matter and energy concern cytology intimately.
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G. R. Barker, Understanding the chemistry of the cell (Arnold, 1968. Studies in biology series).
W. M. M. Baron, Organization in plants (Arnold, 1967). Read chapter 3.
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Kramer, L.M.J., Scott, J.K. (1979). Cells as transducers: part one the chloroplast. In: The cell concept. Foundations of Biology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03989-0_4
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