Biology
Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Cellular differentiation is very important in multicellular organisms to form different body parts. Moreover, an important part of differentiation is the determination of location of the cells in the body. This is pattern formation.

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