Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 8P
Molecules outside and inside the cell regulate the cell cycle, making it start or stop.
| a. | What is an example of an external molecule that regulates the cell cycle? |
| b. | What is an example of a molecule inside the cell that is involved in cell-cycle regulation? |
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