Refer to the Figure Below Showing the Steps Carried Out

question 210

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure below showing the steps carried out in a laboratory using cells obtained from a mouse embryo. What statement is true based on the experiment depicted in the figure?

• A) The processes involved in a developing multicellular organism are too complex to study in the lab.
• B) External factors are unimportant in determining the path of specialization of cells in a developing embryo.
• C) Specialization of each cell in a multicellular organism relies solely on which genetic factors are present in the cell.
• D) A multicellular organism develops from a group of identical cells into nonidentical specialized cells that perform different functions.
• E) Cells become specialized as a mouse embryo develops, but their specialized identities can be changed to different identities at times along the way.

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Definitions:

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