What is the difference between a heart cell and a liver cell? Not only do they look different, but they obviously have different roles in our bodies. Yet, both of these cells have the same 23 chromosomes in their nuclei, so shouldn’t they be similar? These videos explain why a heart cell becomes a heart cell and not a liver cell.
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