Are your heart cells the same as your brain cells? Why or why not? (1 point)

Yes, during mitosis, the resulting daughter cells are identical which means that all cells in the body are the same.
No, heart cells are stem cells that replicate and create brain cells, therefore they are two different types of cells.
• Yes, the heart cell and the brain cell have the same function, therefore they are identical.
No, different sections of the cells' DNA are "tuned on" causing heart cells to have different characteristics from brain cells.

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No, different sections of the cells' DNA are "tuned on" causing heart cells to have different characteristics from brain cells. This is because heart cells and brain cells are specialized cells that perform different functions, and their distinct characteristics arise from the specific genes that are activated or expressed in each type of cell.