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soma: a standalone construct

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soma1 CONSTRUCTGermline/somaWEISMANN · BODY VS GERM

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Biology (germ–soma)

the body's mortal somatic cells, as opposed to the heritable germ line

In biology the soma is the collection of somatic (body) cells of an organism, contrasted with the germ line that carries heredity to the next generation. The distinction was drawn by August Weismann in The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity and is revisited in modern stem-cell work such as Solana’s Closing the circle of germline and stem cells. Here 'soma' means the whole disposable body, a very different referent from a neuron’s cell body or a sacred beverage.[1][2]

Unit
One soma, the full set of somatic cells of an individual organism
Recovery means
Partition cells into germ line versus soma by lineage and reproductive contribution
Measured by
Lineage tracing, germ-cell markers, transplantation and reproductive assays

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References

  1. Weismann, A. (1893). The germ-plasm: A theory of heredity (W. N. Parker & H. Rönnfeldt, Trans.). Walter Scott. ISBN 9781115745567
  2. Solana, J. (2013). Closing the circle of germline and stem cells: The Primordial Stem Cell hypothesis. EvoDevo, 4(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-4-2

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