progenitor
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"When we deleted Mitch from the progenitor cells, we discovered that the environment created in these cells was not conducive to the synthesis of new fats," Gross explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Jamie taught me what a best friend was,” said second baseman Richie Greenberg, another Feeney progenitor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
At the same time, the findings challenge previous models that proposed additional diploid progenitor species.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
But it began in 1993 with “Abraham,” progenitor of the Abrahamic religions and the co-star of “The Faithful.”
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 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
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
The deluge of dust could help explain why astronomers have struggled to find red supergiant progenitors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2025
Furthermore, the Midwest broadly has a history of engineering new music to dance to, as queer Black men in Detroit are often uncredited as the progenitors of techno as we understand it today.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025
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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