________ is the process in which cells acquire specialized properties.
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Biologists
________ use the term pattern formation to describe the events that determine the spatial organization of cells in an embryo.
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embryonic animal
Commitment occurs when a(n) ________ cell becomes dedicated to follow a particular path of cell specialization.
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Segments
________ arise early in development and produce characteristic body structures such as wings, legs, and antennae.
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master regulator
A(n) ________ is a gene product that can unleash a series of events that produce a specialized cell type, tissue, or body structure.
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Induction
________ works through external signals.With ________, a cell that receives the signal is prompted to follow a different pathway of development and it would without the signal.
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larva
A(n) ________ (plural: ________) is a juvenile form between the hatched embryo and the adult.
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Homologous
________ means that they are similar because they are descended from genes in a common ancestor.
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Clones
________ are a genetically identical copy.
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Mutations
________ that alter gene expression in the mother but affect the phenotype of her offspring are called maternal effect ________.
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Cytoplasmic determinants
________ are gene regulatory molecules that are present in the cytoplasm of a dividing cell.
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Epigenetic inheritance
________ is any form of inheritance that is not based on nucleotide sequence differences in alleles.
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Master regulators
________ are used in the development of both animals and plants.
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A larva (plural
larvae) is a juvenile form between the hatched embryo and the adult
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Differential gene expression
is when different cells use the same set of genes in different ways.
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Genetic equivalence
The idea that all the different cells in an organism contain the same genes is known as
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Self renewal
Producing one daughter that stays a stem cell ensures that populations of stem cells are maintained which is known as
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Stem cells
But in later stages of development and in the adult, some populations of undifferentiated cells are maintained that preserve potential to divide throughout the individual’ s life which are
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