Biological Science
Biological Science
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ISBN: 9780321743671
Author: Scott Freeman
Publisher: PEARSON
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The changes that take place in the chitinous cell wall when yeast responds to sex pheromones.

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Yeast is a unicellular fungus. The structure of this organism involves a cell wall, which is made up of chitin. Chitin is a structural polysaccharide that is made up of the chain of glucose that is modified. This chitinous cell wall provides the unicellular organism rigidity and helps in maintaining its shape.

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