mother cell

Scientific  

/ mŭth′ər /

1. See parent cell

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Example Sentences

"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

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

The invading embryonic cells stimulated mother cells to make some immune cells that rein in immune responses, Teichmann and her team report today in Nature.

From Science Magazine

The team found levels of these “mother cells” dropped with age in the front and middle region of the dentate gyrus.

From The Guardian

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