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Record 1 2014-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
DEF

The ability to develop into various but not necessarily all types of tissues.

CONT

Embryonic stem cells (from the inner mass of blastocysts), embryonic germ cells (primordial cells of the gonadal ridge), and the mesenchymal stem cells of the bone marrow possess pluripotency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
DEF

Capacité d’une cellule à se différencier en plusieurs types de cellules qui composent l’organisme.

OBS

Par exemple, les cellules souches de la moelle osseuse sont des cellules pluripotentes, capables de se différencier pour donner naissance à tous les types de cellules sanguines.

Spanish

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