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English translation: the ancestor/ancestral cells
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| 14:53 Mar 21, 2014 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Bacteria | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Michele Fauble United States Local time: 19:00 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | the ancestor/ancestral cells |
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| 4 | original |
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| 2 -1 | antecedent |
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original Explanation: As a biologist, this is the first word that comes to mind... as in "original strain" or "original clone" or "original cell" |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1antecedent Explanation: googles well -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2014-03-21 15:17:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- predecessor |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3the ancestor/ancestral cells Explanation: rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/275/1630/3.full by M Lemonnier - 2008 - Cited by 17 - Related articles Jan 7, 2008 - Estimates of the densities of the bacterial cultures and the relative ... For all eight cultures, the density (CFUs) of the ancestral cells ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-21 16:31:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ancestral cell (singular) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-21 16:36:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- also 'ancestor ' A homogeneous cell sample also provides a starting material for cell culture, ... Unlike bacteria, most tissue cells are not adapted to living in suspension and .... In such a colony, or clone, all the cells are descendants of a single ancestor cell. Isolating Cells and Growing Them in Culture - Molecular Biology of ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › NCBI › Literature › Bookshelf by B Alberts - 2002 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-21 16:37:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- also 'ancestor CELL' |
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