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Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Quiz

Stem Cells are very interesting cells. Try to answer these questions correctly
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Last updated: December 26, 2022
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1. The zygote is
Multipotent
Unipotent
Totipotent
Pluripotent
2. Pluripotent Stem Cells resemble the cells of the
Zygote
Epiblast
Trophectoderm
Hypoblast
3. OCT4, SOX2, c-MYC, and KLF4 are also known as
The Gurdon Factors
The Smith Factors
The Takashima Factors
The Yamanaka Factors
4. These factors are used to make
IVF embryos
Hematopoietic stem cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells
Embryonic stem cells
5. These factors are
Cytokines
Transcription factors
Antibodies
Chromatin Regulators
6. Naive Pluripotent Stem Cells resemble the cells of
the cells of the morula
the pre-implantation epiblast
the post-implantation epiblast
the blastocyst
7. Primed Pluripotent Stem Cells resemble the cells of
the pre-implantation epiblast
the post-implantation epiblast
the blastocyst
the cells of the morula
8. A blastocyst embryoid (embryo organoid/ 3D-stem cell based embryo-model) is also called
A Blastoid
A Humanoid
An embryoid body
An embryonic spheroid
9. Pluripotent stem cells can give rise to
All foetal cell lineages
All extra-embryonic cell lineages
All cell lineages
All embryonic cell lineages
10. The process of developmental maturation/specialization of a cell is called
Differentiation
Reprogramming
Cis-differentiation
Trans-differentiation
11. The process of developmental rejuvenation is called
Differentiation
Cis-differentiation
Trans-differentiation
Reprogramming
12. The process of conversion of one cell-type to the other without developmental rejuvenation is called
Reprogramming
Cis-differentiation
Trans-differentiation
Differentiation
13. XX/female naive pluripotent stem cells are hallmarked by
Maternal X-chromosome inactivation
Random X-chromosome inactivation
Two active X-chromosomes
Paternal X-chromosome inactivation
14. Conrad Waddington famously compared the cellular developmental process to
Marbles rolling down a hill
A river flowing through a valley
Balls falling on pins
A person walking through a forest
15. What is a stem cell?
A cell that can give rise to other cells
A cell that can proliferate and give rise to other cells
A cell that can divide
A cell that can self-renew and give rise to other cells
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