Why is cell differentiation important?

Answer 1

lol im guess that your doing unit 1: fundimentals of science ! same as me, well if im right, the question you have been given is not very clear in what it is asking you to define. my take on the question is not that you have to go through every system in the body (brain, endocrine ect) which is what some people define as tissues BUT to explain the 4 main types of tissue in the body being; nervous, muscle, epithelial and connective tissue. so in each of those main tissues types you will find there to be different types of cells doing different functions in the tissue. Take connective tissue for example, you have loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue. you have to state that they have different proerties (loose having capibillity of holding water and dense not ect) and say why that's important to the functions and building of the body. don't be confused by the eukaryotes part that's just an other way of saying animal body.

So if you go to the edexcel website and look at the speification you can see that this is onyl for the merit so its rather important that you get this right before you can move onto distintion. I know this has not spcifically answerd you questions but that's becasue you need about 10 pages to go into detail about the different tissues and that's you work not mine (and i have NT done it yet :S) .... Good luck :-D

Answer 2

Cell differentiation is the process where cells become specialized in structure and function, which means it's when cells decide what kind of cell they are going to be. It's important to the development of multicellular organisms because if there were no cell differentiation, how are muscle cells and nerve cells formed? (since we all start off as a single-celled zygote.) So basically, cell differentiation is important because it decides whether a cell is a muscle cell or a nerve cell, and what structure and function it performs in a multicellular organism.

Answer 3

Cell differentiation is the process where cells become specialized in structure and function, which means it's when cells decide what kind of cell they are going to be. It's important to the development of multicellular organisms because if there were no cell differentiation, how are muscle cells and nerve cells formed? (since we all start off as a single-celled zygote.) So basically, cell differentiation is important because it decides whether a cell is a muscle cell or a nerve cell, and what structure and function it performs in a multicellular organism.

Answer 4

Differentiation is the process by which an unspecialized cell becomes specialized into one of many cells that make up the body, such as a heart, liver, or muscle cell.

Answer 5

because they have different functions (jobs).....

it is importnt so that they play a specific role..lol

hope that helps!

Answer 6

because with out it the cells would not have a type and they would just be your average cell. it needs to acquire a cell type to be useful.

Answer 7

Cell differentiation is important in producing tissues from stem cells because this process will determine the type of tissue produced.

Answer 8

why is cell differentiation important

Answer 9

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