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having the ability to give rise to unlike cells; "embryonic stem cells are totipotent"
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Totipotency is the ability of a single cell, usually a stem cell, to divide and produce all the differentiated cells in an organism, including extraembrionic tissues. For example, a plant cutting can be used to grow an entire plant.Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg and creates a single totipotent cell. In the first hours after fertilization, this cell divides into identical totipotent cells. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totipotent
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Having to do with cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| totipotent |
A cell with the potential to become any other cell of an organism.
Ãâó: www.genpromag.com/Glossary~LETTER~T.html
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The state of a cell that can give rise to any and all adult cell types as compared with a differentiated cell whose fate is determined.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/tuvwxyz.htm
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