13.12 Differentiation

Question 1

What is differentiation?

Answer 1

specialization of cell types during development

Question 2

What is a totipotent cell?

Answer 2

cells that can differentiate into any cell type in blastocyte including inner cell mass and trophoblast

Question 3

What is a multipotent cell?

Answer 3

cells that can become many, but not all, cell types

Question 4

What is a pluripotent cell?

Answer 4

cells that can differentiate into any of the three primary germ layers but not the trophoblast

Question 5

What are stem cells?

Answer 5

mature adult cells that have the ability to differentiate into nearly all cell types

Question 6

What does it mean for a cell to be determined?

Answer 6

cell is said to be determined when the cell fate becomes fixed

Question 7

What is dedifferentiation?

Answer 7

process by which a specialized cell unspecializes and may become totipotent

Question 8

What can occur as a result of dedifferentiation?

Answer 8

cancer