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n. - A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops.

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  • “Entwickelungsgeschichte” out of a nebular blastema.
  • This mass of undifferentiated cells is known as a blastema.
  • Poss believes that when a portion of the heart tissue is removed from zebrafish, a blastema forms at the site of injury.
  • However, the progenitor cells will not achieve their full regenerative potential without interactions with the layer of "epicardial" cells that forms over the blastema.
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