Blastomere

Any one of the cells formed from the first few cleavages in animal embryology. The embryo usually divides into two, then four, then eight blastomeres, and so on.

blastomere

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A cell produced during cleavage of a fertilized egg.

blastomere

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Undifferentiated cells resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg (zygote). Inside the intact zona pellucida, each cleavage yields two blastomeres of about half size of the ...

potency

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The range of commitment options available to a cell.

pluripotent stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Stem cells that can develop into all the different cell types in the body except the placenta. They give rise to mulitpotent and unipotent stem cells as the embryo develops.

pluripotent

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Able to form all the body's cell lineages, including germ cells, and some or even all extraembryonic cell types. Example: embryonic stem cells.

plasticity

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Unproven notion that tissue stem cells may be able to generate the cell types of another tissue under certain conditions.

placenta

Medical; Stem cell research

The oval spongy structure in the uterus from which the fetus derives its nourishment and oxygen. The placenta develops from the outer cell layer of the blastocyst, called the ...

oocyte

Medical; Stem cell research

An egg before maturation; a female gametocyte; also called an ovocyte.

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Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova

The Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova also known as Complexo Esportivo Cultural Professor Octávio Mangabeira is a football-specific stadium for the 2013 FIFA ...