Term: radial glial cell stem cell population maintenance
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Name: radial glial cell
Synonyms: radial glial cells
Definition: A transient cell present only in the developing CNS. Functions as both a precursor cell and as a scaffold to support neuronal migration.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009292]
Name: stem cell population maintenance
Synonyms: maintenance of pluripotency
Definition: The process by which an organism or tissue maintains a population of stem cells of a single type. This can be achieved by a number of mechanisms: stem cell asymmetric division maintains stem cell numbers; stem cell symmetric division increases them; maintenance of a stem cell niche maintains the conditions for commitment to the stem cell fate for some types of stem cell; stem cells may arise de novo from other cell types.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0019827]    QuickGO    AmiGO
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