asymmetric division

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asymmetric
adjective
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/ˌeɪ.sɪˈmet.rɪk/us
/ˌeɪ.sɪˈmet.rɪk/
with two halves, sides, or parts that are not exactly the same in shape ...
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division
noun
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/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of separating something into parts or groups, or the way that it ...
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Efficiency of division and the rate ofasymmetricdivisionare comparable among all three stages.
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Asymmetricdivisioninto a larger and a smaller particle is expected to follow surfactant film collapse.
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In this case, the justification for thisasymmetricdivisionof visibility was to be found in the specific nature of the procedure.
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Asymmetricdivisionof neuroblasts requires progression through the cell cycle.
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Asymmetricdivision, on the other hand, produces only one stem cell and a progenitor cell with limited self-renewal potential.
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Eventually, the oogonia will either degenerate or further differentiate into primary oocytes throughasymmetricdivision.
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Asymmetricdivisionis characteristic of somatic stem cells, maintaining the reservoir of stem cells in the tissue and production of specialized cells of the same.
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Compression experiments on the robusta embryo do not affectasymmetricdivision, suggesting the mechanism, like tubifex, uses a cortical independent molecular pathway.
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Most yeasts reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by anasymmetricdivisionprocess called budding.
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Micromere production occurs in an alternating clockwise and counterclockwise fashion and is accomplished viaasymmetricdivision.
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Asymmetricdivisionof stem cells plays a key role in development by allowing for the differentiation of a subset of daughter cells while maintaining stem cell pluripotency.
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This phenomenon is calledasymmetricdivision.
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At later stages, they initiate asymmetric divisions and generate committed progenitors of the neuronal or glial cell lineage as well as other neural stem cells.
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Thus, mammalian cortical progenitors must first need to undergo symmetric divisions to expand the progenitor pool before they can undergo later asymmetric divisions for neuronal generations.
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There is primary interest in which transcription factors and signaling molecules direct blastomere asymmetric divisions leading to what are known as inside and outside cells and thus cell lineage specification.
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It is possible that the molecular distinction between symmetric and asymmetric divisions lies in differential segregation of cell membrane proteins (such as receptors) between the daughter cells.
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