But in due course
their daughter cells differentiate.
Not exact matches
That is, when they divide, neural stem
cells produce two «
daughter»
cells, one of which should remain a neural stem
cell and the other that should
differentiate.
Neural stem
cells are responsible for the formation of
differentiated daughter cells in the developing brain.
In response to such injury, however, stem
cells have to be able to rapidly divide, to generate
daughter cells that
differentiate into
cells that repair the tissue.
The researchers also found that another population known as progenitor
cells —
differentiated daughter cells of stem
cells — started to behave like stem
cells: They began to live much longer than their usual lifespan of a few days, and they could also generate mini-intestines when grown outside of the body.
The transit amplifying
cell undergoes multiple rounds of symmetrical divisions before all of its
daughter cells begin the process of
differentiating into neurons.
Progenitor
cell division either generates two progenitor
daughters, two non-dividing
differentiated cells or one progenitor and one
differentiating cell.
The outcome of a given division is unpredictable, but in homeostasis the probabilities of producing two progenitor and two
differentiating daughters are the same, so that on average, equal numbers of progenitors and
differentiating cells are produced across whole population of progenitors.