Question

Totipotency means

• A. Flowering in a culture medium
• B. Development of fruit from a flower in a culture
• C. Development of an organism from a cell in culture medium
• D. All of (A), (B) and (C)

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of (A), (B) and (C)

Totipotency is the ability of a single cell to divide and produce all of the differentiated cells in an organism. Spores and zygotes are examples of totipotent cells. In the spectrum of cell potency, totipotency represents the cell with the greatest differentiation potential because of totipotency we can grow flower, fruit or an organism from a cell in a culture medium.

So, the correct answer is "All the above".