31. The experiments in heterochronic (cross-age) transplantation showed that a.

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31.   The experiments in heterochronic (cross-age) transplantation showed that
a. younger stem cell populations flourished when transplanted into old recipients
b. stem cells derived from older donors proliferated faster than young stem cells in a young animal
c. the age of the recipient was more important than the age of the donor in a cross-age transplantation experiment
d. none of the above
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32. - 33. What do you conclude from your answers to questions 31 and 32?

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31. Option C.. the age of the recipient was more important than the age of the donor in a cross-age transplantation experiment

The heterochronic transplantation indicate the restoring capacity of young and old cells depend on the age of young host which allow transplantation of both cells easily. The renew capacity is failed in old organisms. It is proved in skeletal muscle cell.

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