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Totipotency vs Pluripotency - What's the difference?

totipotency | pluripotency |

As nouns the difference between totipotency and pluripotency

is that totipotency is (biology) the ability of a cell to produce differentiated cells upon division while pluripotency is the state of being pluripotent.

totipotency

English

Noun

(wikipedia totipotency) (-)
  • (biology) The ability of a cell to produce differentiated cells upon division

    • Related terms

    * totipotent * totipotential * totipotentiality

    pluripotency

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pluripotency) (-)
  • The state of being pluripotent