Biological Science (6th Edition)
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Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Emily Taylor, Greg Podgorski, Jeff Carmichael
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In adult animals, ______ are a source of undifferentiated cellsthat can divide to produce cells that can specializes.
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a. an individual...Ch. 21 - 4. A tool-kit gene is _________.
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