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Are human cells totipotent?


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Totipotent cells:

  1. A totipotent cell can differentiate and give rise to extraembryonic tissue,
  2. In humans, the zygote (fertilized egg) and blastomeres (two-cell stage) are totipotent.
  3. They can give rise to all the three germ layers- endoderm, ectoderm, and mesoderm.

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