mother cell

American  

[muhth-er sel] / ˈmʌð ər ˌsɛl /

noun

plural

mother cells

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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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 • 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

The megaspore mother cell divides by meiosis to produce four haploid megaspores.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

At each division the mother cell renews its youth and multiplies, without ever dying.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various