A somatic cell is generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism. Somatic cells, by definition, are not germline cells. In mammals, germline cells are the sperm and ova (also ...

In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a laboratory technique for creating an ovum with a donor nucleus. It can be used in embryonic stem cell research, or ...

Somatic mosaicism occurs when somatic cells, or the body’s non-reproductive cells, are genetically different from one another. Although somatic mosaicism can occur in all tissues and is known to lead ...

Instead, the germ cells of plants are established de novo from somatic cells in the floral reproductive organs, the stamens and carpels.

Researchers say somatic mutations in skin cells are common and can cause cancer, but they do not appear to be risk factor for developing psoriasis ...

The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by somatic cell reprogramming holds great potential for modeling human diseases. However, the reprogramming process remains very ...

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A new technique mimics the normal reprogramming process in early embryonic development to essentially wipe a cell’s memory, making it similar to a stem cell.

Buffalo somatic cells from different individuals vary in their cloning efficiency, and this variation is associated with their glycolytic metabolism and chromatin structure.

The efficiency of deriving blastocysts through the nuclear transfer of embryonic stem cells has been improved by a factor of more than 14.

Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer‐promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the ...