mother cell

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How to use mother cell in a sentence

  • The type in all these cases is this: A mother-cell produces by cell-division four daughter-cells.

  • Cell-development always takes place within existing cells, and either one or many new cells may be formed within the mother-cell.

    Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • Inside the mother-cell were to be found young developing cells of spherical shape, lacking however a nucleus.

    Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • The true nucleus of the cartilage cell was probably in the same way the original generator of the mother-cell.

    Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • The sagittal plane of the valve of the auxospore is at right angles to the plane of the valve of the mother cell.