Cell differentiation is first observable when __________.

Type I diabetes is a form of diabetes that is due to the loss of insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. The potential of stem cells—in particular, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells—for therapy has gotten a lot of press.If researchers were attempting to stimulate the differentiation of iPS cells, which of the following would they most likely add to the cell-culture medium (the liquid surrounding the cells)?a. activin A, an extracellular signal proteinb. Sox-2, a transcription factor active in early developmentc. Grb-2, an intracellular signal transduction proteind. lactase, an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of lactose

Cytoplasmic determinants __________.

Cells can influence each other's development by a process known as __________.

Instead of developing a head and a tail, an abnormal Drosophila embryo develops two tails. This is most likely due to __________.

During the process of differentiation, cells __________.

__________ can give rise to any type of cell whereas __________ can give rise to a subset of cell types.

The similarity of the homeobox in many different kinds of organisms is evidence __________.

The highly conserved sequence element present within homeotic genes is called the __________.