Hayflick limit
nounEtymology
Named after Leonard Hayflick, who discovered it in 1961.
Definitions
The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably…
The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Hayflick limit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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