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What type of cell differentiates to form different types of cells as an organism develops?

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What type of cell differentiates to form different types of cells as an organism develops?

Stem cell

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how do cells become specialised cells

by gaining or losing organelles to perform a certain function

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what is differentiation

the process by which a cell changes to become specialised for its job

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in animals cells when is the ability to differentiate lost?

early after they’ve become specialised

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when do plant cells lose the ability to specialise

never

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why do cells differentiate in mature animals?

to repair and replace cells

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what’s the first cell humans have called

zygote

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stem cells have the ability to…

divide by mitosis and then differentiate

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