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What is the process that gives rise to tissues, organs, and anatomy?
Morphogenesis
Which of the following processes involves the generation of shapes and structure?
Pattern formation
What is cell potency?
A cell's ability to differentiate into other cell types
In developmental biology, what is the process by which multicellular organisms arise from a single cell?
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What contributes not only to the size but also to the shape and pattern of the developing organism?
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What is the main difference between totipotency and pluripotency?
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What is oligopotency?
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Which stem cell type has the potential to form every cell of the embryo proper?
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What is positional information in stem cell development?
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What is the main characteristic that distinguishes unipotent stem cells from other types?
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