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cell differentiation

What is Cell Differentiation?

Vincent Murphy Thursday 1st January 1970

At the beginning of a new life, DNA from a spermatozoon ( sperm cell ) enters an oocyte ( egg cell ). This results in a single zygote, a cell which will eventually divide through mitosis to form every single cell of every tissue in the body. The DNA of each cell will be the same, and yet the function, form, size and shape will vary massively depending upon the tissue the cell finds itself within. In order to permit this one cell to produce so many different cell-types the process termed differen…

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