"Quiescent" es el término utilizado en clonación.

Saludos!! :)

But there is a kind of "parking spot" in the cell cycle called "quiescence" (pronounced "kwee-S-ence"). A quiescent ("kwee-S-cent") cell has left the cell cycle, it has stopped dividing. Quiescent cells might reenter the cell cycle at some later time, or they might not. It depends on the type of cell. Most nerve cells stay quiescent forever. On the other hand, some quiescent cells may later reenter the cell cycle in order to make more cells. (For example, when a young girl starts to develop breasts.) ....

http://www.synapses.co.uk/science/clone.html

PS: Adam, te recomiendo ampliamente que visites esa página. :)

Cheers!
Laura





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The folks at the Roslin Institute do a lot of work with sheep as part of their partnership with a company called Pharmaceutical Proteins Limited Therapeutics (PPL Therapeutics). Earlier they had made transgenic sheep (sheep with human genes transferred into them, but that's another story).
They used cells from an adult sheep's mammary (breast) glands for the "donor" nucleus. They grew the cells in tissue culture, an artificial situation that is commonly used in laboratories to grow large numbers of cells in bottles. Tissue culture allows scientists to fiddle with the cells and alter their characteristics. That is exactly what Dr Campbell did. He "starved" the cells of important nutrients and the cells stopped growing and dividing. They became quiescent. (Keith knew they would become quiescent when starved of nutrients because other researchers had proven that years ago; but few folks really cared because who needs quiescent cells?)

http://www.synapses.co.uk/science/clone.html

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IMPLICATIONS OF CLONING - [ Traduzca esta página ]... adult sheep cells into a quiescent state by days of nutrient deprivation. ... Some people fear that evil dictators might clone thousands of copies of ...
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The Dolly Phenomenon: Cloning in Mammals (MR143e) - [ Traduzca esta página ]Induction of the quiescent state appears to be key in enabling the cell nucleus ... Dolly may be said to be something less (or something more) than a clone. ...
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"they essencially induced a quiescent state,...."

Have a very nice weekend!!!! :)