If you isolate a pancreatic beta cell and put it in the proper growth conditions, it will divide by mitosis and produce new beta cells, but it will not produce pancreatic alpha cells or pancreatic cells that release digestive enzymes.  The pancreatic beta cell is

A. unipotent.
B. pluripotent.
C. impotent.
D. totipotent.
E. multipotent.


Answer: A

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