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Comment
. 2009 Oct 15;461(7266):891-2.
doi: 10.1038/461891a.

Stem cells: A fateful age gap

Tim Stearns
Comment

Stem cells: A fateful age gap

Tim Stearns. Nature. .

Abstract

When a stem cell divides, one sister cell differentiates and the other retains its stem-cell identity. Differences in the age of an organelle — the centriole — inherited at cell division may determine these differing fates.

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