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

The mother cell undergoes meiosis to form a tetrad of cells, which separate to form the pollen grains.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The traditions of the body are handed down from mother cell to daughter cell, though just what that means in terms of physiology or metabolism I do not know.

From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John