Differential gene expression is defined as:

a. the ability of some cells to arrest their development under different environmental
conditions.
b. the progressive fixation of the fates of a cell's descendants.
c. the differences in the types of genes found in various somatic cells.
d. regulation during development that varies the type and quantity of gene products among
cells.
e. the ability of some cells to constitutively express all their genes all the tim


D

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b. organism 3 only.
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