Match each term to its definition. cells that divide mitotically to reproduce themselves and which have the potential to differentiate partially undifferentiated cells that persist after embryonic development and which replenish dying cells in tissues cells with distinct shape and function cells found in the early embryo that have the ability to differentiate into any cell type a histone modification associated with changes in chromatin structure and altered gene expression the process of generating cells with a specialized form and function from less specialized cells