totipotent

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In addition, I'd like to point out that embryonic stem cells are superior to adult SCs because embryonic SCs are totipotent (at least to the 4-cell stage), meaning that they can differentiate into all of the different cell types in the body, and indeed can become a complete individual if seperated.

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  1. Exhibiting or characterized by totipotence. It appears in Planaria lugubris that while the material at every level has the double potency of producing a head or a tail according to which end of the piece it comes to lie at, yet in very short pieces from the middle and posterior regions of the body a double-tailed form may arise. We must suppose, therefore, on our hypothesis, that while in this species also the material is totipotent, yet when the determining influence of the polarity is removed the stronger tendency is to produce a tail, while in Planaria maculata, as we have seen, the stronger tendency is in the other direction. Amer. Nat., July-Aug., 1904, p. 504.

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  • In addition, I'd like to point out that embryonic stem cells are superior to adult SCs because embryonic SCs are totipotent (at least to the 4-cell stage), meaning that they can differentiate into all of the different cell types in the body, and indeed can become a complete individual if seperated. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • Embryonic stem cells are totipotent, capable of generating all of the body's specialized cells. —  Spero News
  • This highly specialized, totipotent cell is the beginning of embryonic development. —  ProLifeBlogs
  • Of their remarkable differentiation pathway what stands out is the ability of oocytes to transform from a single cell into the totipotent lineages that seed the early embryo. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Albeit difficult to draw the line, it is blatantly obvious that a totipotent cell with a drive to make copies of itself is not a human being. —  timesofmalta.com
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