body cell
Americannoun
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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
A typical body cell, or somatic cell, contains two matched sets of chromosomes, a configuration known as diploid.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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
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
In gaining its experience, on this earth plane, the Soul proceeds at once to destroy that little body cell by cell, while building a larger and better body.
From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.
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