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Differentiation
Purpose of cell
Embryonic Stem Cell
Taken from a 3-5 day old cell; become heart, brain, or muscle
Pluripotent
Cells that can become various different differentiation.
Adult Stem Cells
Stem cells found in adults that repair damaged tissues, impossible to harvest, mostly pluripotent
Genes determine the…
…differentiation
Regeneration
Growing back lost cells
Cancer
When cell growth is not controlled
Cancer is caused by…
mutations in the genes that cause uncontrolled reproduction
Metastasis
When cancer cells float through the blood stream
Carcinogens
Causes of cancer
Oncogenes
The mutation that causes the cancer
Ras Gene
The main gene that causes cell growth
Binary Fission
A cell dividing in half
Budding
Parent grows a bud and the plant grows from there
Fragmentation
if you cut off a part, then two separate organisms exist from the same part
Vegetative Regeneration
Plants grow from roots
