Totipotency

i.Totipotency (totus entire, potential power) is the capacity or the potential of living nucleated differentiate into any other type of cell and thus, can form a complete new organism. 

ii. A cell is totipotent as it has the entire genetic information of the organism stored in its nucleus.

iii.Embryonic animal cells are totipotent and are termed as stem cells. Stem cells are used in curing many diseases. Therefore, they have great potential for medical applications.

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