Hayflick limit
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Hay·flick lim·'it
(hā'flik),the limit of human cell division in subcultures; such cells typically divide only about 50 times before dying out.
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Hay·flick lim·it
(hā'flik lim'it)The limit of human cell division in subcultures; such cells typically divide only about 50 times before dying out.
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Hayflick,
Leonard, U.S. microbiologist, 1928–.Hayflick limit - the limit of human cell division in subcultures.
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