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What is the definition of totipotent?

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(of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to any cell type or (of a blastomere) a complete embryo.

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This is what it means,

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of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to any cell type or (of a blastomere) a complete embryo.

"totipotent embryo cells can differentiate into a hundred different cell types specialized to form such tissues as skin, marrow, and muscle"

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