Capability of certain cells to be cultured in the laboratory and undergo sustained cell divisions. Application of hormonal and other signals triggers the tissue to undergo a programmed, developmental pathway that leads to the reformation of the entire organism.
capacity to regenerate an entire organism from a single cell. A common feature of plant cells.
In a cell, the condition of possessing all the genetic information and other capacities necessary to form an entire individual.
Potential of cells or tissues to form all cell types and/or to regenerate a plant.
the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part; "animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development"
the ability to regenerate the entire plant from a fragment
Having the potentiality of forming all the types of cells in the body. The property of somatic cells to be induced to undergo regeneration. The diploid zygote formed at fertilization is a single cell which is capable of division and differentiation to give rise to the total range of cell types found in the adult organism.
The ability to grow into every different type of specialized cell.
The ability of a cell to proceed through all the stages of development and thus produce a normal adult.
the ability to regenerate a fully differentiated organism from a single cell.
A cell characteristic in which the potential for forming all the cell types in the adult organism is retained.
Totipotency is the ability of a single cell, to divide and produce all the differentiated cells in an organism, including extraembryonic tissues. For example, a plant cutting can be used to grow an entire plant. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg and creates a single totipotent cell.