Question

How does a pluripotent cell differ from a totipotent cell?

Answer 1

Answer:

Cell potency is referred to as the ability of cells to give rise to give rise to different or number of cell types. More the potency of cell more well it could differentiate into different types of cells. Cell potency is of three basic types; multi-potent, totipotent, pluripotent.

Totipotent cells can be differentiated into any types of cells including embryonic and non-embryonic cells like placenta.

e.g. zygote

Pluripotent cells can differentiate to any type of cells but not the placenta cells.

e.g. embryonic stem cells

Answer 2

The difference between totipotent and pluripotent cells is only that totipotent cells can give rise to both the placenta and the embryo