Instructions: Identify the Terms and Briefly State Their Historical Significance

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Essay

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance.
San Lorenzo and La Venta

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Definitions:

Pluripotent Stem Cell

A stem cell that has the potential to differentiate into any of the three germ layers: endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm, thus capable of giving rise to any cell type of the body.

Somatic Cell Lines

Cultures derived from non-reproductive body cells used in research and medical treatments.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell and from each other.

Gametes

Gametes are reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that fuse during fertilization to form a zygote, initiating the development of a new organism.