Cell type
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A cell type is a distinct morphological or functional form of cell. When a cell switches state from one cell type to another, it undergoes cellular differentiation. A list of distinct cell types in the adult human body may include several hundred distinct types.[1][2] These are the different cell types in the multicellular organism.
Another way to classify cells into types is according to their basic morphology: prokaryotic and eukaryotic.
Classification cells into the cell types changes with time, just like the taxonomic classification of organisms.
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- ^ Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fourth Edition, Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter
- ^ ines.de/cope.cgi COPE database
