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Given below are types of cells present in some animals. Which of the following cells can differentiate to perform different functions?
a. Choanocytes
b. Interstitial cells
c. Gastrodermal cells
d. Nematocytes

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Ans-The answer is option (b), Interstitial Cells.

Explanation: -
Interstitial cells in ovary and testes can differentiate. By Interstitial cell, it refers to any cell that lies in the places amid the functional cells of a tissue.

Examples include:
- Cells present in the male testes that are responsible for the production of androgen (male sex hormone) portion of the stroma.
- Interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC) Leydig cells.

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