apical
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Using high-resolution microscopy, the team closely tracked how apical progenitor cells divided.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
Untreated apical periodontitis can lead to tooth loss, but its effects extend beyond the mouth.
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025
"Surprisingly, the distal apical dendrites responses grew significantly over time becoming increasingly sensitive to inputs that violate the patterns, while the cell bodies lost their initially strong sensitivity," says Zylberberg, a computational neuroscientist.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
Four major adaptations are found in all terrestrial plants: the alternation of generations, a sporangium in which the spores are formed, a gametangium that produces haploid cells, and apical meristem tissue in roots and shoots.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
At the apical end, next the micropyle, is the egg-apparatus, comprising the egg-cell or ovum flanked by the two synergid� or helping-cells, while the basal or chalazal end is occupied by the three antipodal 'cells'.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
