Biology GCSE
development and growth
What development and growth means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of development and growth
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Reference: OCR
Division of embryonic stem cells to produce all specialised cell types, driving tissue morphogenesis and organ development.
Topics that use development and growth
- Supplying the cell (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Active transport
- adult stem cells
- cell cycle
- Cell differentiation
- Diffusion
- division of labour
- DNA replication
- embryonic stem cells
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