Cloned cells P and Q from one tissue were cultured as shown. Which conclusion is supported?
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Cloned cells P and Q from one tissue were cultured as shown. Which conclusion is supported?
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Cells along one embryonic gradient have identical genomes. Which model fits the pattern?
| Position | Signal S / units | gene X mRNA | gene Y mRNA | Final cell type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | present | absent | P |
| 2 | 7 | present | present | Q |
| 3 | 4 | absent | present | R |
| 4 | 1 | absent | absent | S |
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A cloned bone-marrow cell self-renewed through serial transfers; descendants formed erythrocytes, neutrophils and megakaryocytes. Which classification is supported?
Why are red blood cells small and flexible?
What best describes the function of the stem cell niche in bone marrow?
Totipotent; self-renews across embryonic and extraembryonic lineages
Pluripotent; self-renews across all body-cell lineages
Multipotent; self-renews across several related blood lineages
Unipotent; self-renews within one blood-cell lineage
They must pass through capillaries and lack a nucleus.
They are small to increase surface area for oxygen diffusion.
They are flexible so they can engulf pathogens by phagocytosis.
They are flexible because they have many mitochondria to supply ATP.
It stores blood cells for later use
It controls whether stem cells remain undifferentiated or begin to specialize
It is where stem cells undergo continuous rapid mitosis to increase their numbers
It is a region that causes stem cells to differentiate immediately upon arrival