A relatively undifferentiated cell that retains the ability to divide and proliferate throughout life to provide progenitor cells that can differentiate into specialized cells. [ GOC:tfm MESH:D013234 ]
Synonyms: animal stem cell
Term information
- FMA:63368
- CALOHA:TS-2086
This term applies to metazoan. For plant stem cells, consider using PO:0004011 ‘initial cell’ or its parent PO:0004010 ‘meristematic cell’.
Term relations
- cell
- GO_0005623
- animal cell
- precursor cell
- native cell
- capable of some stem cell division
- in taxon some Metazoa