undifferentiated

(adjective)

describes tissues where the individual cells have not yet developed mature or distinguishing features, or describes embryonic organisms where the organs cannot be identified

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Examples of undifferentiated in the following topics:

  • Undifferentiated Targeting

    • Viewing the market as a homogeneous aggregate leads to undifferentiated targeting and mass marketing.
    • Traditionally, undifferentiated marketing (also known as "mass marketing") has focused on radio, television, and newspapers as the medium used to reach this broad audience.
    • For certain types of widely consumed items (e.g., gasoline, soft drinks, white bread), the undifferentiated market approach makes the most sense.
    • Identifying products that have a universal appeal is only one of many criteria to be met if an undifferentiated approach is to work.
    • Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of undifferentiated targeting in consumer marketing

  • Meristems

    • Plant meristems are centers of mitotic cell division, and are composed of a group of undifferentiated self-renewing stem cells from which most plant structures arise.
    • The apical meristem, also known as the "growing tip," is an undifferentiated meristematic tissue found in the buds and growing tips of roots in plants .

  • Cell Types in Bones

    • These osteogenic cells are undifferentiated with high mitotic activity; they are the only bone cells that divide.
    • Osteogenic cells are undifferentiated and develop into osteoblasts.

  • Cartilage Growth

    • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are undifferentiated, meaning they can give rise to different cell types.
    • During cartilage formation, undifferentiated MSCs are highly proliferative and form dense aggregates of chondrogenic cells at the center of chondrification.

  • Spencer and Social Darwinism

    • Spencer posited that all structures in the universe developed from a simple, undifferentiated homogeneity to a complex, differentiated heterogeneity, while being accompanied by a process of greater integration of the differentiated parts.
    • This social evolution, he argued, exemplifed the universal evolutionary process from simple, undifferentiated homogeneity to complex, differentiated heterogeneity.
    • Militant society, structured around relationships of hierarchy and obedience, was simple and undifferentiated.

  • Blastocyst Formation

    • The morula is a solid ball of about 16 undifferentiated, spherical cells.

  • Gene Expression in Stem Cells

    • Stem cells are undifferentiated biological cells found in multicellular organisms, that can differentiate into specialized cells (asymmetric division) or can divide to produce more stem cells (symmetric division).
    • An alternative theory is that stem cells remain undifferentiated due to environmental cues in their particular niche.

  • Types of Root Systems and Zones of Growth

    • The zone of cell division is closest to the root tip and is made up of the actively-dividing cells of the root meristem, which contains the undifferentiated cells of the germinating plant.

  • Identity Formation

    • This may be through individuation whereby the undifferentiated individual tends to become unique, or undergoes stages through which differentiated facets of a person's life tend toward becoming a more indivisible whole.

  • Development of the Skeleton

    • The perichondrium becomes the periosteum that contains a layer of undifferentiated cells (osteoprogenitor cells) which later become osteoblasts.