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