What makes a cell in a complex multicellular organism specialised?
Its features are suited to a particular function, for example its shape or the abundance or arrangement of its cell structures.
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What makes a cell in a complex multicellular organism specialised?
Its features are suited to a particular function, for example its shape or the abundance or arrangement of its cell structures.
How should you explain a specialised cell’s adaptation?
Link a specific feature of the cell to how it helps the cell perform its function.
What is cell differentiation?
The process by which a cell becomes specialised for a particular function.
What does a cell acquire during differentiation that helps it perform its function?
Sub-cellular structures suited to that function.
When do most types of animal cell differentiate?
At an early stage of development.
What is cell division mainly used for in mature animals?
Repair and replacement.
When can many types of plant cell differentiate?
Throughout the plant’s life.