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Launch ↗ Cell Differentiation Simulator
Every cell in a body carries the same DNA, yet a nerve cell and a muscle cell are nothing alike, because each switches on a different set of genes. What tells a stem cell which to become is the chemical signals reaching it from its neighbors. Release signaling molecules into a tissue and watch stem cells commit to a fate.
Launch InteractiveTopics covered
- Stem cells and cell fate
- Cell differentiation
- Differential gene expression
- Signaling molecules and receptors
- Signal transduction cascades
- Concentration gradients in tissue
- Tissue formation
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