Q. The term ‘totipotency’ refers to
A) The capability of organism to regenerate its lost parts
B) Capability of somatic cells to produce complete organism
C) The introduction of foreign gene in a cell’s DNA
D) The technique of growing immature embryos
Explanation
Morgan (1901) coined the term ‘totipotency’ Cellular totipotency is the capability of a somatic cell to produce the complete organisms.
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