I've shown the differences here in terms of shape, these are shaped liked octagons and these are shaped like squares, but if I looked at these cells, what would I find that's really different about them?

我展示了一些细胞形态上的差异,这些细胞是八角形的,这些是方形的,但如果仔细观察这些细胞,我能找到一些本质上的差异吗

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Only certain genes are being expressed and it's the family of genes that are being expressed in a cell, likewise the family that are not being expressed, that determines what a cell is like, how it functions.

只有某些特定的基因在细胞中表达,那些在细胞中表达的基因,与那些没有表达的基因,共同决定了细胞的形态和功能

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I do want to talk about one important subject which you might not have thought too much about and that's lipids, because lipids are so important to the structure of the body because they make up the membranes that form the cells that are the fundamental units.

我的确想要讨论一个重要的主题,这个主题也许你们都没有深入思考过,那就是关于脂类的问题,脂类对身体结构形成十分重要,它是组成细胞膜的基本单位,而细胞膜能够维持细胞形态

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