Biology GCSE
stem cells
What stem cells means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Undifferentiated biological cells that retain the capacity to divide continuously by mitosis and differentiate into specialized cell types.
Unspecialised cells that can still divide and differentiate, unlike most specialised cells.
Topics that use stem cells
- Cell differentiation (AQA GCSE)
- Supplying the cell (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell differentiation
- division of labour
- Mitosis
- specialised cells
- Active transport
- adult stem cells
- cell cycle
- Cell division and mitosis
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