Which One of the Following Correctly Describes the Order of Stem

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following correctly describes the order of stem cells from the lowest degree of flexibility to the highest degree of flexibility?

• A) unipotent < multipotent < pluripotent < totipotent
• B) multipotent < unipotent < pluripotent < totipotent
• C) pluripotent < unipotent < totipotent < multipotent
• D) unipotent < multipotent < totipotent < pluripotent

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Definitions:

Z-score

A numerical metric indicating how a specific value compares to the average of a dataset, expressed by the number of standard deviations away from that average.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the spread or variability within a data set; where a small standard deviation indicates values closely clustered around the average, and a large standard deviation suggests they are widely scattered.

Z-score

A statistical measure that describes a value's position relative to the mean of a group of values, expressed in units of standard deviation.

Z

In statistics, often represents the standard score, which is the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean.