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Fluid Mosaic Model - "most recent and widely accepted model for the structure of biological membranes, proposing that membranes are composed of a phospholipid/glycolipid bilayer in which proteins are embedded and are generally free to diffuse laterally but cannot rotate from one side of the membrane to the other." (B73)