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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure, function, and regulation of cells as individual units and as components of larger systems. Includes instruction in cell chemistry, cellular dynamics, cellular replication and reproduction, cell anatomy, membrane function, organelles, cell adhesion and extracellular matrices, cell dynamics and motility, meiosis and mytosis, signal transduction, regulation, recognition and defense mechanisms, the cell cycle, cell metabolism and respiration, gene expression, and studies of cell types and characteristics.

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| A major in Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 13
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | 147 (2.6%) |  |  |
|  | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 85 (1.3%) |  |  |
|  | Montana State University-Bozeman Bozeman, MT | 68 (3.7%) |  |  |
|  | Rutgers University - New Brunswick-Piscataway New Brunswick, NJ | 56 (1.0%) |  |  |
|  | University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN | 28 (1.8%) |  |  |
|  | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | 20 (0.3%) |  |  |
|  | Western Washington University Bellingham, WA | 14 (0.5%) |  |  |
|  | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | 14 (0.3%) |  |  |
|  | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 12 (1.2%) |  |  |
|  | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 12 (0.2%) |  |  |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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