Plant Cell Characteristics

Question 1

A characteristic of plant cells in which each cell of the plant contains all of the plant’s genetic information and has the ability to develop into an entire new organism

Answer 1

Totipotency

Question 2

A characteristic of plant cells in which every cell has the potential to develop into a specific type of cell

Answer 2

Competence

Question 3

The level to which a cell is “committed” to the specialized type of cell it has become

Answer 3

Determinism

Question 4

Term used to refer to a cell that has not developed into a specific type of cell yet

Answer 4

Undifferentiated