Difference between Totipotent and pluripotent stem cells?

Answer Posted / jacob

totipotent stem cellls have the ability to become any cell in the body. pluripotent stem cells are a bit more specialized. this means that pluripotent stm cells cant become all the cells in the body. for instance if a pluripotent cell could know that it is going to be a organ or a tissue.

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