exam 3 (stem cells) NOT FINISHED

Question 1

stem cell proliferation (rapid increasing rate) determines?

Answer 1

cell number (~30-40 trillion cells in humans)

Question 2

stem cell differentiation determines

Answer 2

cell diversity

Question 3

what do totipotent stem cells generate

Answer 3

all embryonic and extraembryonic cell types (zygotes)

Question 4

what do pluripotent stem cells generate

Answer 4

all cells in the embryo (embryonic stem cells)

Question 5

what do multipotent stem cells generate

Answer 5

all cells in a tissue (neural stem cells)

Question 6

what determines pluripotency (ability of cell to develop into 3 primary germ cell layers)

Answer 6

master transcriptional regulators