B.2 Flashcards
Three stages of cell division
Replication, mitosis and cill division.
What are chromosomes
Long coils of DNA found in the nucleus in pairs.
Differentiation
When a cell becomes a specialised cell eg muscle cells, skin cells.
Cloning plants
When people create an identically same plant without division.
Stem cells
Cells that can become any specialised cell.
Embryonic stem cells
Stem cells found in an embryo
Adult stem cells
Found in bone marrow.
Using stem cells
To be able to create specialised cells instantly for usages of organs to skin cell for cuts and more.
Stem cell dilemmas
Some people disagree with getting stem cells from dead babies from abortions.
Stem cells in plants.
Stem cells found in plants can be taken and made into clones of itself to save endangered species and to make plants flurish even more.