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Biology Question on organisms and populations

In sponges which of the following cells are totipotent in nature?

A

pinacocytes

B

archaeocytes

C

trophocytes

D

choanocytes

Answer

archaeocytes

Explanation

Solution

Archaeocytes are undifferentiated totipotent cells which may differentiate into all other types of cells including sex cells in sponges. Trophocytes are nurse cells that provide food to developing cells.