The Significance of Totipotency Is That

question 83

Multiple Choice

The significance of totipotency is that:

• A) genes are not regularly lost during development.
• B) most organisms can be easily cloned.
• C) differentiation leads to the loss of certain genes in each cell.
• D) somatic cells are incapable of differentiation.
• E) unexpressed genes are lost during development.

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