In oat, where the scutellum of immature embryos is not responsive, other sources of
totipotent cells are required.
Cell Potency and Differentiation Cell Potency Differentiation Example Capacity
Totipotent Can form all cell types in Embryonic cells within the Cells a body, also the first couple of cell extraembryonic or divisions after placental cells.
In nematode galls, independent on the host plant or organ, the nutritive tissues may have promeristematic and
totipotent cells or giant polynucleated cells (Fig.
In a culture of embryonic stem (ES) cells, a small population (around one percent) spontaneously turns into cells that are similar to the
totipotent cells of the 2-cell stage embryo.
Ovitt et al., "Germline regulatory element of Oct-4 specific for the
totipotent cycle of embryonal cells," Development, vol.
(5) The histogenesis of primary osteosarcoma of the breast has not been fully elucidated, though an origin from
totipotent mesenchymal cells of the breast stroma or a transformation from a pre-existing fibroadenoma or phyllodes tumor have been suggested.
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totipotent! In the meantime, my long suffering Biology 101 students experienced a class some of them say they will never forget.
They can be classified as
totipotent cells, naive pluripotent stem cells, primed pluripotent cells, and tissue-specific multipotent stem cells.
The development of the intestinal mucosa occurs by cytological processes where
totipotent cells in constant renewal and proliferation differentiate up and migrate from the crypt and other regions along the villi and are extruded at the apex of the villi, causing an increase in villus volume, depth of crypts and enzymatic activity of the mucosa (Uni, Platin, & Sklan, 1998).
While the exact origin of the
totipotent stemlike cells responsible for WBR remains unknown, it has been reported that even though they will develop a regeneration niche within the vascular system, they are not part of the circulating blood cells (hemocytes) in uninjured colonies but rather appear to migrate from the vascular lining into the vascular system after injury (Rinkevich et al., 2010).
Two basic types of stem cells are distinguished:
totipotent embryonal cells, which can differentiate in any type of cell; and somatic cells of limited differentiation potential [2].