Penn scientists discover cells reorganize shape to fit the situation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flip open any biology textbook and you're bound to see a complicated diagram of the inner workings of a cell, with its internal scaffolding, the cytoskeleton, and how it maintains a cell's shape. Yet the fundamental question remains, which came first: the shape, or the skeleton?

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news146753143.html">Penn scientists discover cells reorganize shape to fit the situation</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- Flip open any biology textbook and you're bound to see a complicated diagram of the inner workings of a cell, with its internal scaffolding, the cytoskeleton, and how it maintains a cell's shape. Yet the fundamental question remains, which came first: the shape, or the skeleton?</p>