daughter cell

biology

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angiosperm development

  • snake gourd flower
    In angiosperm: Vegetative structures

    …one of the two resulting daughter cells remains in the meristem as an initial cell, and the other cell is displaced into the plant body as a derivative cell. The displaced derivative cell may divide several times as it differentiates (changes in structure and physiology) from a meristemic cell into…

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fungi reproduction

  • panther cap mushroom
    In fungus: Asexual reproduction

    …division and splits into two daughter cells; after some growth, these cells divide, and eventually a population of cells forms. In filamentous fungi the mycelium may fragment into a number of segments, each of which is capable of growing into a new individual. In the laboratory, fungi are commonly propagated…

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human reproduction