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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Symmetric Division Model of Cell Differentiation Systems
Authors : Daniel Sánchez-Taltavull, Tomás Alarcón
Published in: Extended Abstracts Spring 2013
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Tissues in higher multi-cellular organisms, have a hierarchical structure where we find different types of cells. These different types are structured from non-specialised cells which only proliferate to specialise, fully-differentiated cells which have a specific function but have completely lost the ability to proliferate. A special type of cell, the so-called stem cells, is the only one that have the ability for self-renewal, i.e., the ability of, upon proliferation, producing cells of its own type (more stem cells).