| 单词 | totipotency |
| 释义 | Cultural definitions for totipotencytotipotency The ability of cells such as an embryonic stem cell to differentiate into any type of body cell. Plant cells are also totipotent, which helps to explain why a graft of a plant can generate a whole new individual out of just a small branch cutting. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. totipotency[ tō-tĭp′ə-tən-sē, tō′tĭ-pōt′n-sē ] n.The ability of a cell, such as an egg, to give rise to unlike cells and to develop into or generate a new organism or part. Other words from totipotencyto•tip′o•tent adj.Words nearby totipotencytoti-, totidem verbis, toting, totipalmate, totipalmation, totipotency, totipotent, totis viribus, Totleben, toto caelo, Totowa The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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