As successive generations of an embryo's cells form by division, small
differences in their immediate environments cause them to develop slightly
differently, by activating or inactivating different parts of the DNA information.
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Life Science: The cell Grades 9-12, page 184 Cells can differentiate, and complex multicellular organisms are formed as a highly organized arrangement of differentiated cells. In the development of these multicellular organisms, the progeny from a single cell form an embryo in which the cells multiply and differentiate to form the many specialized cells, tissues and organs that comprise the final organism. This differentiation is regulated through the expression of different genes. |