TOTIPOTENCY

totipotency, totipotence

(noun) the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part; “animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

totipotency (uncountable)

(biology) The ability of a cell to produce differentiated cells upon division

Source: Wiktionary



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