totipotent
totipotent — 形容詞
- totipotentpositive
- more totipotentcomparative
- most totipotentsuperlative
1. A scientific term for a cell that has the full ability to change into any kind o
全能性的
能發育成完整個體的細胞特性
A scientific term for a cell that has the full ability to change into any kind of body cell, create supporting tissues such as the placenta, and develop into a whole living organism on its own.
A fertilised egg is totipotent — it creates every organ and tissue in the body.
受精卵是全能性的——它能生成體內所有的器官和組織。
definitional pattern: [noun] + is + totipotent
Hassan examined totipotent cells from zebrafish embryos to study the earliest stages of life.
Hassan 觀察斑馬魚胚胎中的全能性細胞，以研究生命的最早期階段。
The team kept mouse embryo cells totipotent for one extra day in a dish.
研究團隊讓老鼠胚胎細胞在培養皿中多維持了一天的全能性。
Layla drew a diagram of totipotent stem cells forming every organ tissue.
Layla 畫了一張全能性幹細胞形成各類器官組織的示意圖。
In her thesis project, Sana compared totipotent and pluripotent cells under a high-powered microscope.
Sana 在她的論文研究中，用高倍顯微鏡比較了全能性細胞與多能性細胞。
- pluripotent
Can form nearly all body cell types but cannot form the placenta or other extra-embryonic tissues; a less powerful state than totipotent
- differentiated
Already committed to a specific cell type with no ability to change into other types
文法句型
be + totipotent
totipotent + noun (cell, stem cell, embryo)
用法筆記
Frequently used in cell biology and embryology. The key distinction to remember is that totipotent cells can form both the embryo itself and the extra-embryonic tissues (like the placenta), whereas pluripotent cells can only form the body cell types.