stem cells

What can Totipotent stem cell do

Make anything

What can pluripotent stem cells do

Make up anything but not cells that make up placenta

What can multipotent stem cells do

Make things within a limited range of a specific tissu or organ

What can unipotent stem cells do

Can only differentiate into cells within own lineage

What role does the environment play in cell differentiation

Hormones and signalling influence which genes are in and off

What two properties define stem cells

They can divide repeatedly and differentiate into specialised cell types

Difference between embryonic and adult stem cells

Embryonic are pluripotent, adult is multipotent

Definition of specialised cell

Cells that have a specific function