BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 38, Problem 3CT
Summary Introduction
To explain:
A tumor that arises from a germ cell can contain a wider assortment of tissues that one derived from a normal body cell.
Introduction:
The cells have different types of properties which make them efficient in their work. The organisms are formed only from a single cell, called zygote. This single cell develops an organism having different types of cells.
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BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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