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Adult stem cells

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Stem cells that are flund in adults that can differntiate and form a limited number of cells

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Cell cycle

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The three stage process of cell division in a body cell that involves mitosis and results in the formation of two identical daughter cells

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Cloning

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The production of identical offspring by asexual reproduction

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Differentiate

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The process where cells become specialised for a particular function

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Embryonic stem cells

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Stem cells from an early embyo that can differentiate to form the specialisesd cells of the body

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Mitosis

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Part of the cell cycle where one set of new chromosones is pulled to each end of the cell forming two identical nuclei during the division

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Stem cells

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Undifferentiate cells the potential to form a wide variety of different cell types

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Therapeutic cloning

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A process where an embryo is produced that is genetically identical to the patient so the cells can then be used in medical treatments

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Zygote

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Single new cell formed by the fusion of gamets in sexual reproduction

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