Grade 8Zoology

what is the difference between totipotency,puripotency,multipotency and unipotency.

mgayathri

10 Years agoGrade 8

1 Answer

SAHIL

10 Years ago

Totipotency is the ability of all living cells potentially to regenerate whole new individuals eg cloning

Pluripotency is the potential of a cell to develop into more than one type of mature cell, depending on environment. A pluripotent cell can create all cell types except for extra embryonic tissue. eg, a stem cell which can differentiate into 3 germ layers i.e. endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm.

Multipotency is the ability a cell to develop into closely related family of cells. eg a blood stem cell can develop into types of blood cells like erythrocytes, leucocytes etc but cannot develop into any other kind of cell i.e germ layer cell

UNIPOTENCY: IT IS THE ABILITY to self-renew but DIFFERENTIATE into only one type of CELL or TISSUE.

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REGARDS SAHIL