apical
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Between three and eight weeks of age, a period that spans early childhood to adolescence, spine density increased sharply in a single region of the apical dendrite.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
Using high-resolution microscopy, the team closely tracked how apical progenitor cells divided.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
Untreated apical periodontitis can lead to tooth loss, but its effects extend beyond the mouth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 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 chief distinctive characters of the sporogenous hyphae are their orientation, usually vertical; their limited apical growth; their peculiar branching, form, colour, contents, consistency; and their spore-production.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various