Reprod./Devel.
The product of two haploid gametes fusing together.
What is a zygote?
The generation of blood cells.
What is hematopoiesis?
The process by which phototrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
Genes that have the potential to cause cancer.
What are oncogenes?
The name of our Mascot.
What is Sparty?
The spherical structures in the ovaries that contain oocytes and have the potential to release them for fertilization.
What is a follicle?
Lymphoid progenitors leave the bone marrow and undergo T cell development here.
What is the thymus?
The name of the vascular tissue responsible for the transport of water and nutrients from the roots.
What is xylem?
The spreading of cancer from the primary site to other parts of the body.
What is metastasis?
The location for studying the elements in ways that are not typically found in nature.
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at MSU
The tissue responsible for the final stages of sperm maturation, including becoming motile.
What is the epididymis?
Non-clonal immune cells that detect foreign molecules, phagocytose them, and amplify the immune response.
What is a macrophage?
Plants that flower and enclose their seed in a carpel.
What are angiosperms?
This type of cancer causes more deaths in the US than any other cancer every year.
What is lung cancer?
Michigan State University was founded in this year.
What is 1855?
During embryonic development, this germ layer will give rise to muscle, skeleton, cardiovascular tissues, and reproductive tract tissues.
What is the mesoderm?
A type of adaptive immunity that results in antibody circulation in the blood.
What is humoral immunity?
Plants store starch in this organelle.
What is an amyloplast?
A cancer therapy that involves genetically modifying patient T cells to better control tumor growth.
What is Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) Therapy?
MSU was the first institution of higher learning to teach this subject.
What is scientific agriculture?
They are somatic cells equipped with testosterone receptors and support developing male germ cells.
What are Sertoli cells?
When phagocytosis is insufficient, this pathway can be utilized to induce C-reactive protein to bind to foreign molecules, enhancing phagocytic success.
What is the classical complement pathway?
The plant hormone from which aspirin was derived.
What is salicylic acid?
Pancreatic cancer cells are often resistant to drug treatments and will even "consume" this organelle to aid in survival.
What is the mitochondria?
The original name of MSU.
What is the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan?