Which of the Following Is True of Embryonic Stem Cells

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of embryonic stem cells but not of adult stem cells?

• A) They can differentiate into many cell types.
• B) They make up the majority of cells of the tissue from which they are derived.
• C) They can continue to replicate for an indefinite period.
• D) They can provide enormous amounts of information about the process of gene regulation.
• E) One aim of using them is to provide cells for repair of diseased tissue.

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Definitions:

Demand for Good

The quantity of a particular good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a specified time period.

Square Feet

A unit of area measurement equivalent to the area of a square with sides of one foot in length.

Quasilinear Preferences

Preferences where utility is linear in one argument, usually money, allowing for easy analysis of changes in wealth while other goods are evaluated non-linearly.

Homothetic

Pertaining to a class of production functions or utility functions where equal proportionate changes in inputs result in equal proportionate changes in output.