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What do totipotent cells have the
capacity to do?

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A totipotent cell is a single cell that can give rise to a new organism, given appropriate maternal support (most stringent definition) A totipotent cell is one that can give rise to all extraembryonic tissues, plus all tissues of the body and the germline (less stringent definition)
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