Fall 2024 Semester Study Guide

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Cell differentiation

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The process of cells becoming specialized for specific functions

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What is gene regulation?

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The expression of genes to in order to create cell types

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What causes cell differentiation in specialized cells such as muscle, blood, or nerve cells?

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Environmental Factors

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Why do cells differentiate to perform different functions?

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Different genes are turned on or off inside that cell.

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_________ _________ are a special type of body cell that can develop into different types of cells.

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stem cells

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The process by which cells that are not specialized develop into their specialized form.

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cell differentiation

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Why do stomach cells function differently than skin cells?

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They use different genes in the DNA

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Cell differentiation

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Process by which cells become SPECIALIZED

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Unspecialized cells in our body that have the ability to differentiate into different types of cells are called

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stem cells

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What instructs the cell on how and when to build the proteins that allow it to build structures and perform its specialized functions?

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genes