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unipotent

American  
[yoo-nip-uh-tuhnt] / juˈnɪp ə tənt /

adjective

Biology.
  1. (of cells) capable of developing into only one type of cell or tissue.


Etymology

Origin of unipotent

uni- + potent 1

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Oligopotent progenitors were only a negligible component of the human blood hierarchy in BM, leading to the inference that multipotent cells differentiate into unipotent cells directly by adulthood.

From Science Magazine Jan. 7, 2016

In the human model, blood differentiation initiates at the level of multipotent stem cells and passes through a series of increasingly lineage-restricted oligopotent and, finally, unipotent progenitor intermediates.

From Science Magazine Jan. 7, 2016

In a classical view of hematopoiesis, the various blood cell lineages arise via a hierarchical scheme starting with multipotent stem cells that become increasingly restricted in their differentiation potential through oligopotent and then unipotent progenitors.

From Science Magazine Jan. 7, 2016

Instead, only two progenitor classes predominate, multipotent and unipotent, with Er-Mk lineages emerging from multipotent cells.

From Science Magazine Jan. 7, 2016

In contrast, a unipotent cell is fully specialized and can only reproduce to generate more of its own specific cell type.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

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