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 individual cells have a same mosaic variant, they were born from a common mother cell that passed it to all of its daughters," Yang explained.

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

One megaspore mother cell, or megasporocyte, undergoes meiosis in each ovule.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Afterwards the contents of these latter cells become divided into numerous bacillary spermatozoids, which first break the wall of their mother cell, and then issue from the antheridium.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke