body cell
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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DNA is removed from a camel egg cell and replaced with DNA from a frozen body cell of a camel prized for some quality such as speed or beauty.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2023
In this cloning technology, technicians replace the nucleus of an egg cell with a nucleus taken from a body cell.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 13, 2022
Solutes in body cell fluids and blood serum give these solutions an osmotic pressure of approximately 7.7 atm.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Using methods that start with tissue cells called fibroblasts, researchers can engineer stem cells, which are cells capable of becoming any kind of body cell.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 13, 2018
E science has been drilled into him until it is a part of his every mind cell, perhaps even every body cell.
From Eight Keys to Eden by Clifton, Mark
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