Question

Cellular totipotency is shown by ____________.

• A. Gymnosperm cells
• B. All plant cells
• C. Only bacterial cells
• D. All eukaryotic cells

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

All plant cells

Plant grows by increasing its cell population while the cells specialize their functions.

Therefore, every living cell of a plant should contain all the genes the plant has and thus has the capacity to grow back to a full plant.

This is called cell totipotency .