Selective gene expression in differentiation
What Selective gene expression in differentiation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A cell expresses particular genes, switching some on and others off, so it develops the structure and proteins suited to a specialised function.
Both cell types arise from the same common stem cell but express different genes, producing different structures suited to different functions.
Topics that use Selective gene expression in differentiation
- Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation (OCR A-Level)
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