cell lineage
Britishnoun
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The extra X chromosome becomes a dark, misshapen mass that persists silently in each cell lineage.
From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2021
In his work on the worm cell lineage and, later, genome sequencing, Sulston promoted the idea that investing in large-scale data collection without a specific hypothesis has long-term benefits.
From Nature • Mar. 18, 2018
“I’ve been studying cell lineage in the cortex for 25 years, and the idea of studying it directly in the human brain was an inconceivable dream. Now it’s a reality.”
From Nature • Jul. 4, 2017
A multipotent stem cell has the potential to differentiate into different types of cells within a given cell lineage or small number of lineages, such as a red blood cell or white blood cell.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Acute myelogenous leukemia impairs the production of erythrocytes and other mature formed elements of the myeloid stem cell lineage.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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