Biology A-Level
Stem cell self-renewal
What Stem cell self-renewal means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Stem cell self-renewal
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Reference: OCR
Stem cells can divide by mitosis to self-renew, so the stem cell population is maintained while some daughter cells differentiate.
Topics that use Stem cell self-renewal
- Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- anaphase
- Asexual reproduction and cloning
- Checkpoint control mechanisms
- Chromosome behaviour during division
- Consequences of loss of cell-cycle control
- Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases
- differentiation
- DNA replication in S phase
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