How does cell differentiation differ from morphogenesis?

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What happens when a malignant tumor undergoes metastasis?

Answer 1

Cellular differentiation is a concept from developmental biology describing the process by which cells acquire a "type". The morphology of a cell may change dramatically during differentiation, but the genetic material remains the same, with few exceptions.

A cell that is able to differentiate into many cell types is known as pluripotent. These cells are called stem cells in animals and meristematic cells in higher plants. A cell that is able to differentiate into all cell types is known as totipotent. In mammals, only the zygote and early embryonic cells are totipotent, while in plants, many differentiated cells can become totipotent with simple laboratory techniques.

Morphogenesis is one of three fundamental aspects of developmental biology along with the control of cell growth and cellular differentiation. Morphogenesis is concerned with the shapes of tissues, organs and entire organisms and the positions of the various specialized cell types. Cell growth and differentiation can take place in cell culture or inside of tumor cell masses without the normal morphogenesis that is seen in an intact organism. The study of morphogenesis involves an attempt to understand the processes that control the organized spatial distribution of cells that arises during the embryonic development of an organism and which give rise to the characteristic forms of tissues, organs and overall body anatomy.

Answer 2

A cell or group of cells can undergo differentiation in tissue culture but will not necessarily develop into an organ nor have the shape of the organ. For example, you can develop nephrons and kidney cells in culture, but they will not develop into a kidney.

Metastasis is when a malignant cell or group of malignant cells detach from a tumor and implant in another distant site.

Answer 3

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