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Figure 12-1

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   The major intracellular compartments of an animal cell

The cytosol ( gray), endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, nucleus, mitochondrion, endosome, lysosome, and peroxisome are distinct compartments isolated from the rest of the cell by at least one selectively permeable membrane.

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