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Unipotent

Forms a single mature cell type. For example, spermatogonial stem cells are unipotent, as they can only form sperm cells.

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unipotent
Medical; Stem cell research

Forms a single mature cell type. For example, spermatogonial stem cells are unipotent, as they can only form sperm cells.

unipotent stem cells
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Stem cells that can renew and give rise to only a single mature cell type.

potency
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The range of commitment options available to a cell.

pluripotent stem cells
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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
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oocyte
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An egg before maturation; a female gametocyte; also called an ovocyte.

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