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Briefly explain how cell differentiation and cell death are both needed to develop such structures as human hands and feet.

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Apoptosis also plays a key role in human development. For instance, as we saw in the introduction, your hand started out as a paddle-like block of tissue when you were an embryo. The block was “carved” into fingers by apoptosis of the cells in between the developing fingers.

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