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progenitor

[proh-jen-i-ter] / proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /




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Researchers may have been trying to convert one type of progenitor cell into another fate that it was never capable of adopting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Jamie taught me what a best friend was,” said second baseman Richie Greenberg, another Feeney progenitor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

As a result, new tools are needed to reconstruct polyploid genome evolution without relying on known progenitor species.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

Overall, the results suggest the treatment shifts cartilage toward a younger, healthier state without requiring stem or progenitor cells.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

It makes the progenitor of all this group of insecticides, DDT, seem by comparison almost harmless.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Those animals were the progenitors of the vast Native American pony herds of later centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

As pop evolves, so have the progenitors of its modern sound.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

Its progenitors - who now can generate videos of literally anything in just a few minutes - have the potential to disrupt the lucrative influencer economy.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

Herders sometimes favor hybridization because genes from wild progenitors are thought to enhance the hardiness of domestic stock.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

Many of these late-stage fruit trees posed a further problem in that their wild progenitors were the opposite of self-pollinating.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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