Discussion
A cell that has lost the ability to divide but continues to function is best described as
Answer: B
Correct answer: terminally differentiated
A terminally differentiated cell has left the cell cycle permanently and devotes itself to its specialised function - a neuron, a cardiac muscle cell, a mature red blood cell. It is neither damaged nor dying, which distinguishes it from a genome failure and from apoptosis, and it is the opposite end of the scale from the totipotent cell that has differentiated into nothing at all.
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