somatic cell
nounDefinition of somatic cell
: one of the cells of the body that compose the tissues, organs, and parts of that individual other than the germ cells
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If an owner decides to proceed, the pet's DNA is used to create embryos using somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same science that produced Dolly the sheep. — Roxanne Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, "When is the best time to clone your dog?," 11 July 2019 If an owner decides to proceed, the pet’s DNA is used to create embryos using somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same science that produced Dolly the sheep. — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, "When is the best time to clone your dog?," 10 July 2019 Scientists who work in genetics draw a huge distinction between editing somatic cells and editing germline cells. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "Legal vs. Illegal Gene Editing: Here's What's Banned, and Why," 4 Dec. 2018 The result gives Beecher’s milk a somatic cell count that’s a quarter to a half of the European standard, which is already half of the standard allowed in the United States. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "Connected to the Craft," 3 Dec. 2018 So this time the Chinese team deployed two critical enzymes that removed genes’ epigenetic memory of being somatic cells (cells that make up tissues and organs). — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, "First Primate Clones Produced Using the “Dolly” Method," 24 Jan. 2018 Researchers have managed to clone nonhuman primates in the past couple of decades using other techniques, including a similar nuclear transfer method that relies on embryonic stem cells instead of somatic cells. — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, "First Primate Clones Produced Using the “Dolly” Method," 24 Jan. 2018 Since scientists cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996 using a method called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), geneticists have been tweaking and testing cloning methods. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Ruff replicas: Barbra Streisand cloned her dog—with mixed results," 28 Feb. 2018 Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai relied on a process known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which has been used to clone several mammals, including Dolly the sheep. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys, Breaking New Ground in a Controversial Field," 25 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'somatic cell.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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