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Can you tell me how a stem cell become a specific cell type?
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Stem cells: have 2 fates. They can self replicate to provide a primitive pool for life. They can differentiate, which means grow and produce offspring which develop into specific cell types
Answered 7/25/2014
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Definition: A stem cell is an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.
Answered 7/27/2014
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