Understanding:
1.1.U.7: The capacity of stem cells to divide and differentiate along different pathways is necessary in embryonic development and also makes stem cells suitable for therapeutic uses.
Objectives:
1.1.U.7: The capacity of stem cells to divide and differentiate along different pathways is necessary in embryonic development and also makes stem cells suitable for therapeutic uses.
Objectives:
- Define zygote and embryo.
- List 2 key properties of stem cells that have made them on the active areas of research in biology and medicine today.
- Explain why stem cells are most prevalent in the early embryonic development of a multicellular organism.
- Contrast the characteristics of embryonic, umbilical cord and adult somatic stem cells.
- Define totipotent, multipotent and pluripotent.