Point mutations that reduce termination efficiency usually occur within the stem region of the hairpin, replacing GC base pairs with weaker AT base pairs, or in the U-rich sequence, supporting the importance of these sequences in the mechanism of termination.

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Determination

The process by which portions of the genome are selected for expression in different embryonic cells. 

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Cells can progress from totipotent to pluripotent to determined.   

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Brainbow

Genetic technique, to study the morphology of cells and their interactions in any tissue & developmental history.

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Cell differentiation is the process by which a cell acquires the structural and functional properties unique to a given cell type.

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Differential gene expression is the process by which cells become different from one another based on the unique combination of genes that are active, or “expressed.”

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Genomic equivalence

The presence of identical genes in cells that are radically different from each other.