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Meiosis, Germ Cells, and Fertilization

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• Totipotent – the potential to give rise to any of the cell types of the animal,<br />

including the germ cells<br />

• turning off the expression of a number of somatic cell genes <strong>and</strong> turning on<br />

the expression of genes involved in maintaining the special character of the<br />

germ cells.

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