Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
A stem cell retains the ability to divide and re-create itself while also having the ability to generate progeny capable of specializing into a more differentiated cell type.
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Stem cells are sometimes referred to as “undifferentiated” due to this maintenance of proliferative properties. ted cell type.
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If a stem cell divides symmetrically, have the ability to produce either two stem cells (increasing the stem cell pool by one) or two committed cells (decreasing the pool by one). This is called symmetrical renewing or symmetrical differentiating.
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If a stem cell divides asymmetrically, produce two types of cells (a stem cell & a developmentally committed cell) are produced at each division, is called the single stem cell asymmetry.