How does the Iocation of carbohydrates in the pIasma membrane reIate to their function?

Carbohydrates attached to proteins , stick out from the plasma membrane to define the cell's characteristics and help cells identify chemical signals. ... The fluid mosaic model describes the plasma membrane.

the cladogram shown here shows similarities and differences among several classes of vertebrates. anatomically, the four have limb structure as their common ancestor. we might separate the mammals from the other three classes because they a) divergent; do not lay eggs b) identical; are warm-blooded c) varied; a four chambered heart d) homologous; have mammary glands