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General => Biology => Topic started by: Zelos on November 05, 2005, 09:37:11 AM

Title: Death
Post by: Zelos on November 05, 2005, 09:37:11 AM
Exacly what happen when a cell/bacteria dies? and how does it look like?
Title: Death
Post by: Numsgil on November 05, 2005, 11:36:32 AM
I dunno that it looks any different.  Well, less twitchy perhaps.

When an animal cell at least dies, it's own digestive enzymes eat it from the inside out, until they rupture the cell membrane and all its guts come spilling out.
Title: Death
Post by: Zelos on November 05, 2005, 12:04:27 PM
any kind of cell death that is a bit more interesting to see at?
Title: Death
Post by: Numsgil on November 05, 2005, 12:10:37 PM
Yeah, death by explosion.

It happens when a cell is blown up, usually from an explosion.

It goes *KABLOOOOIEE*.
Title: Death
Post by: Zelos on November 05, 2005, 12:19:48 PM
that happen more when cells are filled with viruses
Title: Death
Post by: ollj on December 22, 2005, 01:24:50 PM
When a cell dies, its biochemy stops for whatever reason, its larger biochemical molecules, DNA (spiral staircase, self reproducing storage of information), Amino-acid-chains ("tools" to transport and build all the stuff), polysacharides (energy transporting chains, "raw materials" made of sugars) and large structural molecules split up into smaller parts without getting renewed by the DNA and amino-acid-chains.

Generally it splits up into many small anorcanic molecules, mostly a lot of whater, methane and other smelly gasses and tasteless fluids.

Chains of at least 100 molecules, full of information and the ability to rebuild others and themself out of smaller molecules, split up into their molecule parts that have way less information.

Were that starts and how it looks like depends on the cause of dead.