Mention three features found only in plant cells and one found only in animal cells.

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Unique features of plant cell:
Presence of a cell wall: The cell wall offers rigidity to the plant cells.
Presence of large vacuoles: The large vacuole cover a major part of the cytoplasm and it increases with aging of the cells.
Presence of plastids: Plastid possess different pigments and among them chloroplasts help with the process of photosynthesis.
Unique feature of animal cell:
Presence of centrosome: The centrosome is responsible for maintaining the cell shape with protein filaments.

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