A pluripotent cell _________
(a) can only be produced in the laboratory.
(b) can give rise to all the tissues and cell types in the body.
(c) can only give rise to stem cells.
(d) is considered to be terminally differentiated.
Choice(b) is correct. A fertilized egg is a pluripotent cell and thus pluripotent cells can be found in nature [choice (a)]. Although a pluripotent cell can give rise to stem cells, it can also give rise to many other cell types [choice (c)]. A terminally differentiated cell is the opposite of a pluripotent cell [choice (d)].
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