(of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to several different cell types.
<span>the young of a viviparous animal, especially of a mammal, in the early stages of development within the womb, in humans up to the end of the second month.
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The D period refers to the stage between the end of DNA replication and the splitting of the bacterial cell into two daughter cells. In cells with a nucleus, as in eukaryotes, the cell cycle is also divided into three periods: interphase, the mitotic (M) phase, and cytokinesis.
