Cell Differentiation and Specialisation

Question 1

What are the consequences of a small surface area to volume ratio?

Answer 1

Diffusion takes longer meaning the cell will get less nutrients

Question 2

Totipotent definition?

Answer 2

Is when a cell has the ability to give rise to all types of cells, fertilised egg cells, zygotic cells, early embryo cells

Question 3

Pluripotent definition?

Answer 3

Stem cells can develop into most but not all cell types for example embryonic stem cells

Question 4

Multipotent definition?

Answer 4

Stem cells, which can only produce some specialised cells, like blood cells from bone marrow

Question 5

Unipotent defintion?

Answer 5

Adult tissue stem cells can only differentiate into a single type of cell ; sperm and egg cells