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1. Cell that gives rise to a lineage of cells. Particularly used to describe the most primitive cells in the bone marrow from which all the various types of blood cell are derived.
2. More commonly used of a cell that, upon division, produces dissimilar daughters, one replacing the original stem cell, the other differentiating further (e.g. Stem cells in basal layers of skin, in haematopoetic tissue and in meristems).
(13 Nov 1997)
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