Cell differentiation Flashcards
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Where does multicellular organisms come from?
An egg or a zygote
The zygote ___to make more cells and more cells
The zygote divides to make more and more cells
It then reaches a ____ and then continues to divided until it becomes a ___ which has stem __
it reaches a Morula and then it continues to divide until it becomes a blastocysts which has stem cells
Stem cells can become ___
stem cells can become any type body cell
They dont have different ___ they use different ___
They dont have different DNA they use different DNA
Stem cells ___ certain __ in the process of ___
Stem cells will activate certain genes in the process of differentiating
What determines which area of the DNA code will get transcribed into mRNA?
Protein
Stem cells can be found in the body, they are called ___
stem cells can be found in the body, they are called somatic stem cells
Most of the somatic cells are ___ - but not as many as the embryonic stem cells
most of the somatic stem cells are multipotent - but not as many as the embryonic stem cell
Some somatic stem cells can go back into ___ state
some somatic stem cells can go back into a pluripotent state
what are proteins involved in?
- transport
- structure acting as enzyomes that make all kind of material
- protecting the body
where is the DNA located
In then nucleus
some DNA is ___ and some DNA make __ that are not ___
some DNA is non-coding and some DNA make genes that are not activated
What is RNA?
a nucleic acid like DNA
what is transcription and where does it take place?
transcription is when the DNA is transcribed into a message, this occurs in the nucleus
