the cell cycle

• meristematic cells are a type of cells that can differentiate into any type of plant cell
• mitosis is a type of cell division which produces 2 genetically identicle daughter cells from one parent cell
• adult stem cells are a type of stem cells that can form many types of cells
• the meristem tissue is plant tissues containing undifferentiated stem cells
• the cell cycle is a series of staged preparing the cell for division
• cell differentiation is the process where a cell becomes specialised to its function
• therapeutic cloning is producing an embryo that has the same genes as a patient
• specialised cells are cells that are adapted to perform a specific function
• stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can divide to produce many specialised cells of the same type