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Somatic

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adjective

(1) (cell biology) Of, relating to, characteristic of, a somatic cell (as opposed to the germ cell)

(2) (anatomy) Relating to the body wall (as opposed to the viscera, head, or limbs)

(3) (psychology) Of the body; physical (as opposed to the mind or spirit)


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Word origin: from Ancient Greek sōmatikos (bodily)

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What type of dna is needed in order to clone an animal?

I think that usually is transfered whole nucleus from some somatic cell into new denucleated egg cell

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by JackBean
Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:12 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What type of dna is needed in order to clone an animal?
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Can someone please explain the meiosis II?

Okay. I've read the thing so many times in my book and I'm still confused. What kind of cell starts off the meiosis? Is it a sex cell or a somatic cell? How many chromosomes are there at the beginning of meiosis? At the very start?

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by Doowally
Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:32 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Can someone please explain the meiosis II?
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Can someone please explain the meiosis II?

Ooohhh...so the sex cells aren't any different at all? Okay at first what I understood that mitosis is the division of somatic cells and meiosis is the division of the sex cells. And, JakcBean, what you're saying is that at first there is the somatic cell which divides into to two ...

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by Doowally
Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:20 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Can someone please explain the meiosis II?
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Can someone please explain the meiosis II?

... but they do not undergo meiosis, they actually do not divide at all, while they fuse together to form the diploid cells again. So, first you have somatic cell, which is diploid, undergoes meiosis and thus goes haploid (first the cell has 23 pairs of monochromatid chromosomes, which replicate and ...

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by JackBean
Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:10 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Can someone please explain the meiosis II?
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Does macrophage affect good bacterias?

... of worn-out cells and other debris... also virus, bad bacterias.. "Macrophages provide yet another line of defense against tumor cells and somatic cells infected with fungus or parasites... " When I supply B-Glucan and Probiotic (good bacterias alive) products at the same time for ...

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by Jiiang
Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:04 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Does macrophage affect good bacterias?
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