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Totipotency

Having the potentiality of forming all the types of cells in the body. The property of somatic cells to be induced to undergo regeneration. The diploid zygote formed at fertilisation is a single cell which is capable of division and differentiation to give rise to the total range of cell types found in the adult organism.

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