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cell culture splitting
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An active cell culture is typically split when it has grown to confluence in its culture dish. Cell culture splitting of a cell culture sample results in an increase in its passage number, which measures how long a sample has been propagated in vitro, and therefore how many selective or genetic changes it is likely to have undergone.
Term info
Label
cell culture splitting
Synonyms
- cell culture passaging
definition
The act of taking part of a homogeneous cell culture and creating one or more additional separate cultures of similar qualities. input: cell_culture, output cell_culture min cardinality 2. part of cell culturing
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OBI branch derived
editor preferred label
cell culture splitting
example of usage
The act of taking a cell culture of high density, counting the cells, removing part of the cells, and re-seeding a select number of the cells into new flasks with fresh tissue culture media.
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