what does totipotence mean?
TOTIPOTENCE as NOUN
- Meaning
- the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development
Hypernyms(s) totipotence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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