Neurons have these projections because one important property, or one important function of neurons, is to communicate with each other.

这些突起,源于神经细胞,一项重要的性质,或者说一项重要的功能,那就是实现信息的交流

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A capability for asymmetric division and the production of cells that become differentiating more mature cells, those are properties of stem cells.

能够完成不对称分裂,以及产生细胞,并分化成为一些更成熟的细胞,这些是干细胞的性质

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You could distinguish between some properties of these processes that extend out, in that most of them are what are called dendrites.

你可以分辨出细胞体,所向外伸展的突起之间的,某些不同性质,大部分突起都属于树突

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The other property is that these committed progenitor cells that are formed can turn into something, can turn into more mature cell types.

另一个的性质就是成为定向祖细胞,进而形成某种特定细胞,成为更成熟的细胞形式

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One of the interesting properties of cells that are in exponential growth is that the time to increase the cell number by a factor of 2 is always the same.

细胞有一个有趣的性质,那就是在指数增长阶段,细胞增长的速度,永远是以二为底数来增长的

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