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Quick Question..Is there any difference between differentiation and mitosis? (Urgent)


AliceT

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Hi everyone, im half way through an essay on explaining the formation of tissues and have got confused!:confused: the question is really all in the title, is there any difference between cell differentiation(or tissue differentiation) and mitosis?

 

please help! thankyou in advance.

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Mitosis it the process of cellular reproduction. One cell divides into two identical or nearly identical daughter cells. In differentiation, a cell changes type, usually from a less specialized cell type like a stem cell into a more specialized cell type like a liver cell or a skin cell.

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