Biology GCSE
Regeneration and repair
What Regeneration and repair means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Regeneration and repair
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Reference: AQA
The difference in differentiation ability helps explain why plants can grow continuously and regenerate parts more readily than most animals.
Topics that use Regeneration and repair
- Cell differentiation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell differentiation
- Cell division and mitosis
- Differentiation
- division of labour
- Meristems and plant growth
- Mitosis
- Repair and replacement
- specialised cells
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