SUMMARY
An organism contains many types of cells that are specialized both structurally and chemically to carry out specific functions. These cells are the product of a process of gradual commitment, called cell determination, which ultimately leads to the final step in cell specialization, called cell differentiation. As cells undergo determination and differentiation, they change from being totipotent to pluripotent to multipotent to, finally, specialized cells.

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