The Additional Benefit of Increasing Some Activity by One-Unit Is

question 211

Multiple Choice

The additional benefit of increasing some activity by one-unit is called the

• A) marginal benefit.
• B) opportunity cost.
• C) total benefit.
• D) scarcity.
• E) unit cost/benefit.

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Definitions:

Totipotent Stem Cell

Cells that have the potential to differentiate into any type of cell in an organism, including embryonic and extraembryonic tissues.

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.