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Unipotent vs Oligopotent - What's the difference?

unipotent | oligopotent |

In biology terms the difference between unipotent and oligopotent

is that unipotent is having the capacity to develop into only one type of cell or tissue while oligopotent is describing a stem cell that is able to form two or more mature cell types within a tissue.

unipotent

English

Adjective

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  • (biology) Having the capacity to develop into only one type of cell or tissue
  • (mathematics) Having a single idempotent element

    • Related terms

    * idempotent * nilpotent * nullipotent

    oligopotent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Describing a stem cell that is able to form two or more mature cell types within a tissue