Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Quiz

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