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1.3.S2 Analysis of Evidence From Electron Microscopy That Led To The Proposal of The Davson-Danielli Model
1.3.S2 Analysis of Evidence From Electron Microscopy That Led To The Proposal of The Davson-Danielli Model
S2
Analysis of evidence from
electron microscopy that led
to the proposal of the
Davson-Danielli model.
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Historical Context
Charles Ernest Overton (1899) is regarded as a
pioneer in the understanding of the structure and
function of the cell membrane.
. Evert Gorter
Gorter and Grendel hypothesized that if the plasma membrane
is a bilayer, then its surface area should be half that occupied
Historical Context by all its lipids spread out in a monolayer.