mother cell

American  

[muhth-er sel] / ˈmʌð ər ˌsɛl /

noun

mother cells plural

1. Cell Biology. a cell that produces other cells through division, often to contribute to growth or development in the organism.

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mother cell Scientific  

/ mŭth′ər /

1. See parent cell

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mother cells
  plural

Example Sentences

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mother cell

"If two cells share the same mother cell, we say they have the same lineage," Chung said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

The team found that the number of divisions a mother cell undertakes to restore its daughters to the correct starting size deviates from the mathematical optimum that was assumed to dictate this process.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023

More than a decade ago, Clevers identified a type of mother cell in the gut that can give birth to all other intestinal cells.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2017

Illustration shows the formation of pollen from a microspore mother cell.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

When ripe, the wall of the mother cell gives way, and the four spores escape into the water and give rise to new plants.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton