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A form of reproduction which does not involve fertilization; therefore only one organism is required for reproduction to occur.
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 Blastocyst |
The developmental stage four to five fays after the egg has been
fertilized, which resembles a hollow, fluid-filled ball, made up of
about 150 cells.
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 Cardiomyocytes |
The name for the muscles and cells that make up the heart.
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Differentiation
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The process of specialization of a stem cell or progenitor cell into a
cell of specific function, such as a liver or muscle cell.
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Directed Differentiation
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Differentiation in stem cells that is induced by scientists through the
introduction of certain chemicals and substances to the stem cells.
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 Dolly |
The first organism, a sheep, every to be cloned, through the process or reproductive cloning.
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Ectoderm
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The outer of the three germ layers of the early embryo that develops
into skin, nervous system, lens of the eyes, and enamel of the teeth.
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Embryonic Induction
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The causing of a change or a progress with embryonic cells.
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Endoderm
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The inner of the three germ layers of the early embryo that develops into lungs, the intestine, the liver, and the pancreas.
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 Feeder Layer |
A densely packed mat of mouse cells stuck to the bottom of a culture dish.
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 Gastrulation |
A phase in the early development of embryos, during which the morphology of the embryo is dramatically restructured.
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Germ Layers
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The three different layers of the cells, that form from the inner cell mass as the blastocyst develops.
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Graft-Versus-Host-Disease
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Sometimes fatal reaction of donated immune cells against the patient’s tissue.
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Hematopoietic
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Stem cells that generate all of the blood cells in the body.
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Human Embryo
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Stem cells taken from the embryo of a human; embryonic stem cells.
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