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mother cell

[ mŭð′ər ]

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See parent 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.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886|Various
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.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity|Charles Sumner Boyer