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The company has developed and holds patents on the first-ever proven alternative method for successful stem cell generation without harm to the embryo, called the "single-cell blastomere" technique.
unknown title 2011
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He is only saying that genealogical lines become fuzzy and eventually indiscernible when you get down to the level of primitive, single-cell organisms.
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Life on other planets doesn't mean E.T. Even a simple single-cell bacteria or the equivalent of shower mold would shake perceptions about the uniqueness of life on Earth.
Gliese 581g 'Goldilocks' Planet Could Be Just Right For Life? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The slowly but inextricably rising amount of oxygen in the environment will drive the evolution from primitive single-cell organisms like the prokaryotes on earth to more evolved forms of life like the eukaryotes on earth that have learned to not only survive in the presence of oxygen but to thrive in it.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Friedemann Freund - The Future of Forecasting Earthquakes SETI Institute 2011
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Life on other planets doesn't mean E.T. Even a simple single-cell bacteria or the equivalent of shower mold would shake perceptions about the uniqueness of life on Earth.
Gliese 581g 'Goldilocks' Planet Could Be Just Right For Life? AP 2010
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As I have said several times, the controversy about the tree of life applies to the level of single-cell organisms.
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Olegt: As I have said several times, the controversy about the tree of life applies to the level of single-cell organisms.
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He is only saying that genealogical lines become fuzzy and eventually indiscernible when you get down to the level of primitive, single-cell organisms.
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Lateral (horizontal) gene transfer is an important factor in the evolution of single-cell organisms.
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For instance, at one point in time there were only single-cell organisms.
A New Book 2010
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