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  2. Cellular differentiation - Wikipedia

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    Among dividing cells, there are multiple levels of cell potency, which is the cell's ability to differentiate into other cell types. A greater potency indicates a larger number of cell types that can be derived. A cell that can differentiate into all cell types, including the placental tissue, is known as totipotent.

  3. Cell potency - Wikipedia

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    Cell potency is a cell's ability to differentiate into other cell types. [1] [2] The more cell types a cell can differentiate into, the greater its potency.Potency is also described as the gene activation potential within a cell, which like a continuum, begins with totipotency to designate a cell with the most differentiation potential, pluripotency, multipotency, oligopotency, and finally ...

  4. Pluripotency (biological compounds) - Wikipedia

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    Pluripotent is also described as something that has no fixed developmental potential, as in being able to differentiate into different cell types in the case of pluripotent stem cells. [1] One type of pluripotent cell, called a hematopoietic stem cell, can differentiate into a large variety of cells with different functions.

  5. Stem cell - Wikipedia

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    Pluripotent stem cells are the descendants of totipotent cells and can differentiate into nearly all cells, [15] i.e. cells derived from any of the three germ layers. [17] Multipotent stem cells can differentiate into a number of cell types, but only those of a closely related family of cells. [15]

  6. Cell (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Ribosomes can be found either floating freely or bound to a membrane (the rough endoplasmatic reticulum in eukaryotes, or the cell membrane in prokaryotes). [11] Plastids: Plastid are membrane-bound organelle generally found in plant cells and euglenoids and contain specific pigments, thus affecting the colour of the plant and organism. And ...

  7. Multicellular organism - Wikipedia

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    As the multicellular organism emerged, gene expression patterns became compartmentalized between cells that specialized in reproduction (germline cells) and those that specialized in survival (somatic cells). As the transition progressed, cells that specialized tended to lose their own individuality and would no longer be able to both survive ...

  8. Monocyte - Wikipedia

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    Monocytes can migrate into tissues and replenish resident macrophage populations. Macrophages have a high antimicrobial and phagocytic activity and thereby protect tissues from foreign substances. They are cells that possess a large smooth nucleus, a large area of cytoplasm, and many internal vesicles for processing

  9. Stromal cell - Wikipedia

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    Stromal cells, or mesenchymal stromal cells, are differentiating cells found in abundance within bone marrow but can also be seen all around the body. Stromal cells can become connective tissue cells of any organ , for example in the uterine mucosa ( endometrium ), prostate , bone marrow , lymph node and the ovary .