Biology A-Level
cellular differentiation
What cellular differentiation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of cellular differentiation
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The process by which a stem cell develops into a specific type of cell, with unipotent cells limited to a single lineage.
Topics that use cellular differentiation
- Most of a cell’s DNA is not translated (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- cell specialisation
- differentiation
- epigenetic silencing
- immune rejection and antigens
- induced pluripotency
- loss of potency
- pluripotent
- promoter region
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