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Meanings of progenitor in English

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matriarca

Founder of a family line.

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        progenitor

        An ancestor in the direct line.

              progenitor

              Person from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any number of generations.

                    Usage of progenitor in English
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                    The larger cortex results from a corresponding increase in progenitor cell number.
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                    C-kit positive cardiac progenitor cells increased their numbers in exercise-induced physiological hypertrophy.
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                    3
                    Many organs rely on undifferentiated stem and progenitor cells for tissue regeneration.
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                    C-kit and Sca-1 positive cardiac progenitor cells were activated by swimming training.
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                    Thus, Gimap5 is an important stabilizer of mouse hematopoietic progenitor cell survival.
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                    Neurogenesis relies on a delicate balance between progenitor maintenance and neuronal production.
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                    But you can't email the chain's progenitor and asked to be removed.
                    Wired
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                    These observations were extended by testing rAAV transduction in hematopoietic progenitor cells.
                    Pubmed
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                    Here, we describe a cultured progenitor model in which Meis1 programs leukemogenicity.
                    Pubmed
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                    The progenitor of creatures, viz., the righteous Daksha, bestowed these upon Dharma.
                    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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                    TWEAK inhibited proliferation of neural progenitor cells through its membrane receptor Fn14.
                    Pubmed
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                    In this study, we generated neural progenitor cell-specific Pen-2 conditional KO mice.
                    Pubmed
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                    As a matter of fact his worthy progenitor had never left Lalpuri.
                    The Elephant God
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                    Somebody else probably got broken shoulders before your nimble progenitor took possession.
                    One Man in His Time
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                    However, the role of Ascl2 in colon cancer progenitor cells remains unknown.
                    Pubmed
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                    It's bigger, heavier, harsher-riding and nowhere near as satisfying as its progenitor.
                    The Irish Times
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                    progenitor
                    Progenitor through the time
                    Progenitor across language varieties
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