totipotency

IPA: toʊtˈɪpʌtʌnsi

Examples of "totipotency" in Sentences

The early embryo retains its totipotency, he concluded.
What factors can affect a cell when it loses its totipotency (when its fate becomes determined)?
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The first week of human pre-embryo development is characterized by the induction of totipotency and then pluripotency.
At this stage the cells are just at the very beginning of cellular differentiation and are said to be totipotent (See totipotency).
Now, the Catholic Church believes that any fertilized ovum is a human life -- all it takes in their definition of human life, apparently, is a full set of human chromosomes and the totipotency that these fertilized cells possess.
Even today in various quarters, the discussions continue, with new embryological details like twinning and chimerization impinging upon the debate, and new conceptual questions arising from the intricate biology surrounding totipotency and pluripotency.