Cells becoming specialised because different genes are turned of and off in each cell to change their shape or number of sub cellular structures they have, and this is what allows them to become adapted to carry out a specific function
What are undifferentiated cells known as?
Stem cells
What can stem cells do?
Create new specialised cells
How is differentiation different between plant and animal cells?
Plant cells have the ability to differentiate throughout their whole life
Animal cells differentiate at an early stage, and once they are specialised very few of them can change, they just divide by mitosis to replace themselves
