often a biologist can discriminate between different kinds of cells that they see in section of a tissue for example, merely by its shape and the characteristics that it has.

生物学家经常可以在组织切片上,仅凭所看见的细胞形状来区分不同细胞,如果举例来说的话,仅通过细胞的形状和特性就足够

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