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