All of the following correctly describe adult stem cells EXCEPT:
a) Adult stem cells mature, differentiate, perform their jobs, then die.
b) When adult stem cells divide, they produce two genetically identical daughter cells.
c) When adult stem cells divide, they produce daughter cells that have different fates.
d) Adult stem cells divide to replace somatic cells that have died.
Ans - When adult stem cells divide, they produce daughter cells that have different fates.
Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells found throughout the body that divide to replenish dying cells and regenerate damaged tissues.
Adult stem cells, like all stem cells, share at least two characteristics. First, they can make identical copies of themselves for long periods of time; this ability to proliferate is referred to as long-term self-renewal. Second, they can give rise to mature cell types that have characteristic morphologies (shapes) and specialized functions. Typically, stem cells generate an intermediate cell type or types before they achieve their fully differentiated state.
The two daughter cell produces will have same fate, not different.
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