Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level
Differential gene expression
What Differential gene expression means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Differential gene expression
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All cells contain the same genes, but only some are transcribed and translated in each cell type, so cells become specialised.
Topics that use Differential gene expression
- Topic 3: Voice of the Genome (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Acrosome
- Acrosome reaction
- Cell cycle and interphase
- Continuous variation and normal distribution
- Cortical reaction
- DNA methylation
- DNA replication and sister chromatids
- Epigenetic changes
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