totipotent

Adjective

Meaning

having the ability to give rise to unlike cells

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ability multipotent pluripotency pluripotent pluripotential totipotential

Related terms

totipalmate

Examples

embryonic stem cells are totipotent Source: Internet

Chapter: "Nervous System Development" in "Epigenetics," by Benedikt Hallgrimsson and Brian Hall Unlike animals, plant cells do not terminally differentiate, remaining totipotent with the ability to give rise to a new individual plant. Source: Internet

Epigenesis in the context of biology refers to the differentiation of cells from their initial totipotent state in embryonic development. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

totipalmation totipotence totipotency totipotential totipotentiality totipresence