The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio are finally here, and when it comes to women's swimming, Katie Ledecky is absolutely the one to watch. The 19-year-old athlete from Bethesda, Maryland, has already proven herself to be the top female swimmer at this year's games, arriving in Rio with a number of world records to her name, and will likely take home a number of gold medals when all is said and done.
Definition of differentiation. 1 : the act or process of differentiating. 2 : development from the one to the many, the simple to the complex, or the homogeneous to the heterogeneous differentiation of Latin into vernaculars.
Lesson Summary. Let's review. Cell differentiation is the process of cells developing and specializing from generic embryonic cells. Cell differentiation creates all of the different structures in your body, like muscles, bones and organs. Cell differentiation also produces the vast number of organisms on Earth and allows for many different cell structures to exist and function both properly and efficiently.