Chapter 10 Quiz 2

When cells are grown in a laboratory, which of the following is a factor that can stop normal cells from dividing?

In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell cycle is regulated by

Cyclins are a family of closely related proteins that

Which of the following are external regulators of the cell cycle?

Cancer is a disorder in which some cells have lost the ability to control their

Cancer cells form masses of cells called

A cell with a defective p53 gene is likely to

During early development, all cells in the embryo of a multicellular organism are identical. Later on in development, the cells will become specialized through a process called

Why are stem cells important?

Which of the following is a possible future benefit of stem cell research?

Nerve cells are cells that have not yet undergone differentiation.

Stem cells taken from embryos are totipotent.

During normal development, the cells between toes and fingers die by [blank_start]____________________[blank_end], a process of programmed cell death.

Harvesting [blank_start]____________________[blank_end] stem cells from a willing donor is not as controversial as harvesting techniques that involve the destruction of an embryo.

Which diagram represents cancer?

Which diagram has a defected p53 gene?

How can the cancer cells be treated?