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Plant and Animal Cells
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• Nucleus
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•  Mitochondria
• Endoplasmic Reticulum
•  Golgi Complex
•  Lysosomes
•  Peroxisomes
•  Cytoskeleton
•  Cilia and Flagella
 
There are also differences between the typical plant and animal eukaryotic cell. The main differences between plant and animal eukaryotic cells are that plant cells contain cell walls, glyoxysomes and plastids, while animal cells do not. Animal cells contain centrioles and lysosomes which are not found in typical plant cells.

Plant and Animal Cells

This table summarizes the distinctions between plant and animal cells:


Structure
Typical Plant Eukaryotic Cell
Typical Animal Eukaryotic Cell
Cell Wall
Yes
No
Centrioles
No
Yes
Chromosomes
Many
Many
Cilia or Flagella
Some present
Yes, complex
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Yes (some exceptions)
Yes (some exceptions)
Golgi Complex
Yes
Yes
Lysosomes
No
Common
Mitochondria
Yes
Yes
Nucleus
Yes
Yes
Peroxisomes
Common
Common
Plasma Membrane
Yes
Yes
Ribosomes
Yes
Yes


As we have seen, there is a marked difference between the organization of cellular components in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Plant and animal eukaryotic cells have less pronounced differences.


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