apical
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The number of apical progenitor cells, which are essential for building the cerebral cortex, was significantly lower.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
BBM encodes a transcription factor that regulates embryonic development, while WUS encodes a transcription factor that maintains stem cell identity in the shoot apical meristem region.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
The measurements were taken at the neurons' distal apical dendrites of the visual cortex, which receive top-down signals, and at their cell bodies, which receive bottom-up signals.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
The apical complex is specialized for entry and infection of host cells.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The specimen has a vertical pupil, divided anal, 21 scale rows, and two apical pits.
From Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Gunther by Duellman, William E.
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